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  • 受 Duṭṭhagāmaṇī 王委託監造阿努拉德普勒大塔(Mahā Thūpa)的一位長老,據說神通廣大,曾以銅造巨傘覆蓋全塔,並讓全島凡有意前來朝拜落成大典者都能當日往返。

  • A thera entrusted by King Duṭṭhagāmaṇī with superintending the construction of the Mahā Thūpa at Anurādhapura, credited with great psychic powers including creating a vast copper parasol over the shrine and enabling every islander who wished to attend its dedication to do so and return home the same day.

  • 受託監造阿育王所建八萬四千座寺院的一位長老,曾以神通令所有寺院在同一天舉行落成典禮,後來因起了驕慢之心而受阿育王溫言勸誡,因此醒悟並證得阿羅漢果。

  • A thera appointed to superintend the construction of the eighty-four thousand monasteries built under King Asoka, who used his psychic power to have all their dedication festivals held on a single day, and who later attained Arahantship after being humbled by the king’s gentle rebuke of his pride.

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