Mallaka untranslated

Mallaka. An Elder. As he stood one day looking at a ploughed field a sign arose in him of the size of the field. He enlarged it, induced the five jhānas, and, developing insight, became an Arahant (Vsm.123). He is mentioned as consulting Dīghabhāṇaka Abhaya on some problem connected with jhāna. Vsm.265f.