[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c31.1508 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1508 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1508 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.1508](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1508) 8. Mahānāga Thera.—Incumbent of Kālavallimaṇḍapa. He was among those who accepted the meal given by Sāliya in his previous birth.¹ He was one of the last to attain arahantship among those who left the world with the Bodhisatta in various births.² He did not sleep for seven years, after which he practised continual meditation for sixteen years, becoming an arahant at the end of that time.³ - [Previous: v2.c31.1507](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1507) - [Next: v2.c31.1509](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1509) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1508](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1508) · Pramāṇa