Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c33.50
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c33.50
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1. **Rakkhita Thera.**—He was born in a noble Sākyan family of Vedeha-nigama (? Devadaha) and was one of the five hundred youths given by the Sākyan and Koliyan chiefs to provide an escort to the Buddha, as an acknowledgement of his having prevented war between them. When the Buddha preached the Kuṇāla Jātaka, Rakkhita, realising the dangers of sensuality, developed insight, and later became an arahant.