Dhammarakkhita
Dhammarakkhita:1.Dhammarakkhita.-A Yona Thera sent by the Third Council to Aparantaka.There he preached the Aggikkhandhopama Sutta and converted thirty-seven thousand persons.Mhv.xii.4,34f.
2.Dhammarakkhita.-See Mahā-Dhammarakkhita and Yonaka-Mahā-Dhammarakkhita.
3.Dhammarakkhita.-A thera in Ceylon in the time of Kittisirirājasīha.Cv.c.299.
4.Dhammarakkhita.-A Thera at whose request ācariya Dhammapāla wrote the Commentary on the Netti.Gv.69.
5.Dhammarakkhita.-Mentioned as a high-class name.E.g.,Vin.iv.8; Sp.ii.448,480.
6.Dhammarakkhita.-A monk of Asokārāma in Pātāliputta,under whom Nāgasena studied the Tipitaka.Mil.16,18.