Mahārakkhita
Mahārakkhita:1.Mahārakkhita Thera.He went after the Third Council to theYona country,and there preached theKālakārama 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.Mahārakkhita.An ascetic in Himavā.See theSomanassa Jātaka.He is identified withSāriputta.J.iv.454.
3.Mahārakkhita Thera. Incumbent of Uparimandalaka (J.vi.30).SeeMahā-Sangharakkhita (3).
4.Mahārakkhita 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.