Pāli Dictionary

dhammarakkhita1

dhammastemrakkhitastem

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • protected by the Dhamma

  • AN 10.176

    yā tā māturakkhitā piturakkhitā mātāpiturakkhitā bhāturakkhitā bhaginirakkhitā ñātirakkhitā gottarakkhitā dhammarakkhitā sasāmikā saparidaṇḍā antamaso mālāguḷa-parikkhittā'pi

dhammarakkhita2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • Dhammarakkhita — a generic bhikkhu’s name used as an example in Vinaya cases

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Dhammarakkhita
Person

  • A Greek monk sent by the Third Buddhist Council to Aparantaka, where he taught the Fire-Mass Simile discourse and converted thirty-seven thousand people.

Dhammarakkhita2
Other

  • A cross-reference to Mahā-Dhammarakkhita and Yonaka-Mahā-Dhammarakkhita.

Dhammarakkhita3
Person

  • A monk in Sri Lanka during the reign of King Kittisirirājasīha in the eighteenth century.

Dhammarakkhita4
Person

  • A monk at whose request the teacher Dhammapāla wrote his commentary on the Nettippakaraṇa.

Dhammarakkhita5
Other

  • A name recorded as belonging to the upper social class.

Dhammarakkhita6
Person

  • A monk of the Asokārāma monastery in Pāṭaliputta under whom Nāgasena studied the Tipiṭaka.

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