斯里蘭卡一支脫離上座部正統的異端僧團，起因於一位被大寺驅逐的僧人在無畏山寺沿用南印度來訪僧團導師 Dhammaruci 之名而另立門戶。

A dissenting Buddhist sect of Sri Lanka that broke away from the Theravāda orthodoxy at Abhayagiri after its leader, expelled from the Mahāvihāra, took the name Dhammaruci from visiting South Indian monks.

一位阿羅漢，前生為青年 Megha，燃燈佛（Dīpaṅkara）時代的弟子，因弒母墮落並轉生為魚，後因憶起燃燈佛的授記而命終，輾轉投生後聞佛說法證得阿羅漢果。

An Arahant whose earlier life as the youth Megha, disciple of the Buddha Dīpaṅkara’s era, was derailed by matricide and rebirth as a fish, until he remembered Dīpaṅkara’s prophecy and was eventually reborn to hear the Buddha teach and attain Arahantship.

一位龍王，曾供草墊予 Atthadassī 佛作座具。

A nāga king who offered grass for a seat to the Buddha Atthadassī.