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  • A Sri Lankan elder and master of the Tipiṭaka whose interpretation of ‘liberated in both ways’ was regarded as authoritative.

  • A Sri Lankan householder who dropped dead when King Pitirājā (Vaṭṭagāmaṇī) glared at him in anger.

  • A novice monk who attained Arahantship on the day he was shaved for ordination and later fetched water from Lake Anotatta to demonstrate his powers before skeptical monks.

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