Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.523
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.523
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v2.c31.523
Mattābhaya.—Younger brother of Devānampiyatissa. He witnessed the miracles which attended the arrival of the Buddha’s Relics in Ceylon, and, with one thousand others, entered the Order.¹ When Mahā-Arittha recited the Vinaya at the Thūpārāma and held the Saṅgīti at the suggestion of Mahinda, Mattābhaya, with five hundred others, was charged with the duty of learning the Vinaya from him.²