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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.312

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.312

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### [v2.c31.312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.312)

Majjhima.—An Arahant. He went, after the Third Council, as preacher to the Himālaya country,¹ accompanied by four others: Kassapagotta, Durabhissara, Sahadeva, and Mūlakadeva.² Majjhima preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta and eighty crores of persons became sotāpannas. The five Elders, separately, converted five kingdoms, and each of them ordained one hundred thousand persons.³

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