Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.298

v2.c31.298

Majjhantika Thera.—An arahant. He recited the *kammavācā* (or ecclesiastical act) at the ordination of Mahinda, on whom he later conferred the *upasampadā* ordination.¹ Later, at the conclusion of the Third Council, Majjhantika went as preacher to Kasmīra-Gandhāra. There, by his great *iddhi*-powers, he overcame the Nāga-king Aravāla and converted him to the Faith, while Paṇḍaka and his wife Hāritā and their five hundred sons became *sotāpannas*. Majjhantika preached the Āsīvisopama Sutta to the assembled concourse and later ordained one hundred thousand persons.² The sermon preached by Majjhantika is referred to in the Scholiast to the Sarabhaṅga Jātaka.³