Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1556

v2.c31.1556

2. Mahānāma Thera.—One of the Pañcavaggiyā.¹ He became a sotāpanna on the third day after the preaching of the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. He became an arahant on the day of the preaching of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta, together with the other Pañcavaggiyā.² Mahānāma once visited Macchikāsaṇḍa, and there Cittagahapati, seeing him beg for alms and pleased with his bearing, invited him to his house, gave him a meal, and listened to a sermon by him. Citta was greatly pleased, and offered his pleasure garden of Ambāṭakavana to Mahānāma as a gift to the Order and built there a great monastery.³