[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.c33.54 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c33.54 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c33.54 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.54) 2. Rakkhita Thera.—He was sent to the Vanavāsa country to convert it at the end of the Third Council. Floating in the air amid the people, he preached the Anamatagga Saṃyutta. Sixty thousand people embraced the new religion and thirty-seven thousand joined the Order, five hundred vihāras being founded.¹ - [Previous: v2.c33.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.53) - [Next: v2.c33.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.55) - [Up: v2.c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.54) · Pramāṇa