Mahárakkhita

• 1. Mahárakkhita Thera. He went after the Third Council to the Yona country, and there preached the Kálakárama Sutta. One hundred and seventy thousand people adopted the Buddha's faith and ten thousand entered the Order. Mhv.xii.5, 39; Dpv.viii.9; Sp.i.64, 67.
• 2. Mahárakkhita. An ascetic in Himavá. See the Somanassa Játaka. He is identified with Sáriputta. J.iv.454.
• 3. Mahárakkhita Thera. Incumbent of Uparimandalaka (J.vi.30). See Mahá-Sangharakkhita (3).
• 4. Mahárakkhita Thera. When told by his patron that the latter had given a robe to a certain monk, he praised him; when the man offered to give him one, he praised that likewise. MA.ii.666.