Mallaka
Personएक स्थविर, जिसने जुते हुए खेत को देखकर ध्यान-निमित्त विकसित किया, पाँच ध्यानों का अभ्यास किया, और अंतर्दृष्टि के माध्यम से अरहंतत्व प्राप्त किया।
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 absorptions (jhāna), and, developing insight, became an Arahant (Vism.123).
He is mentioned as consulting Dīghabhāṇaka Abhaya on some problem connected with absorption (jhāna). Vism.265 f.
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