Mahā Dhammarakkhita untranslated

Mahā Dhammarakkhita 01. A Thera. An Arahant. He lived at Asokārāma. Once, Tissa, brother of Asoka, saw him seated at the foot of a tree meditating, fanned by a Nāga with a sāla branch. Tissa was later ordained by him. Mhv.v.161, 167; Thīg­a.i.505; but see Vin-a.i.561, according to which it was Yonaka Mahā Dhammarakhita who ordained Tissa; also SN­a.iii.125.

After the Third Council he was sent as messenger of Buddhism to Mahā Raṭṭha. There he preached the Mahā Nāradakassapajātaka, and eighty-four thousand people were converted, thirteen thousand joining the Saṅgha. Mhv.xii.5, 37; Dpv.viii.8; Vin-a.i.67.

Mahā Dhammarakkhita 02. An ancient Commentator, generally called Tipiṭaka Mahā Dhammarakkhita, who is quoted several times in the Commentaries. He was a contemporary of Dīghabhāṇaka Abhaya, e.g., Dhs-a.267, 278, 286f.; Vibh-a.81; Paṭis-a.405.

Mahā Dhammarakkhita 03. An Elder of Tulādhāra vihāra in Rohaṇa. Tipiṭaka Cūḷābhaya went to him from the Mahā Vihāra in order to learn from him the Dhamma. At the end of the teaching, Dhammarakkhita asked Abhaya to give him a subject for meditation, for, he said, Abhaya had a greater knowledge than he of that matter. The subject was given, and soon after Dhammarakkhita attained Nibbāna, and died while preaching at the Lohapāsāda. Vsm.96f.

Mahā Dhammarakkhita 04. See Yonaka Mahā Dhammarakkhita.