Mahārohaṇagutta
PersonAn elder of Therambatthala who, when gravely ill, was ministered to by thirty thousand monks of great power and visited by the king of the Nāgas, whom the elder Buddharakkhita protected from an attacking Garuḍa king by conjuring a mountain for the Nāga and the elder to enter.
Of Therambatthala. When he was ill, thirty thousand monks of great power came to minister to him. The king of the Nāgā was also present, and as he offered rice gruel to the elder, the king of the Supaṇṇas dashed across the sky to seize him. However, Buddharakkhita created a mountain, into which he made the elder and the Nāga enter. Vism.155, 375; DhSA.187.
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