Mahā Rakkhita untranslated

Mahā Rakkhita 01. Mahā Rakkhita Thera. He went after the Third Council to the Yona country, and there preached the Kāḷakārāmasutta One hundred and seventy thousand people adopted the Buddha’s faith and ten thousand entered the Saṅgha. Mhv.xii.5, 39; Dpv.viii.9; Vin-a.i.64, 67.

Mahā Rakkhita 02. An ascetic in Himavā. See the Somanassajātaka. He is identified with Sāriputta. Ja.iv.454.

Mahā Rakkhita 03. Mahā Rakkhita Thera. Incumbent of Uparimaṇḍalaka (Ja.vi.30). See Mahā Saṅgharakkhita (3).

Mahā Rakkhita 04. Mahā Rakkhita 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. MN­a.ii.666.