[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.c31.298 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.298 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.298 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.298](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c31.297](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.297) - [Next: v2.c31.299](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.299) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.298](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.298) · Pramāṇa