Padumuttara 佛的上首弟子，别处称为 Devala。

The chief disciple of Padumuttara Buddha, elsewhere called Devala.

拘留孙佛的一位弟子，随佛陀前往斯里兰卡，并被留下照顾新皈依的信众。

A disciple of Kakusandha Buddha who accompanied him to Sri Lanka and was left behind to care for the new converts.

一位比丘，曾为摩哂陀授出家戒，第三次结集后作为传教师前往摩醯娑慢陀罗，讲说《天使经》使数万人皈依并受戒。

A monk who ordained Mahinda and, as a missionary sent after the Third Council to Mahisamaṇḍala, converted and ordained tens of thousands by teaching the Devadūta Sutta.

阿育王的一位大臣，菩提树分枝送往斯里兰卡的安排即依他的建议行事。

A minister of Asoka whose counsel guided the arrangements for sending a branch of the Bodhi tree to Sri Lanka.

来自 Pallavabhogga 的一位比丘，曾与四十六万比丘一同出席大塔的奠基仪式。

A monk from Pallavabhogga who attended the foundation ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa with four hundred and sixty thousand fellow monks.

Bhaggari 寺的住持，是曾与菩萨在过去世一同出家者中最后证得阿罗汉果的一位。

The incumbent of Bhaggari, one of the last among those who had renounced the world together with the Bodhisatta in previous lives to attain arahantship.

来自 Dāmahālaka 的一位比丘，他讲说供养粥食的功德，促使僧伽帝须王在阿努罗陀补罗城门设立常年施粥。

A monk from Dāmahālaka whose teaching on the merits of giving rice gruel inspired King Saṅghatissa to institute a regular distribution of gruel to monks at the gates of Anurādhapura.

达普拉二世的大臣，兴建了达普拉山寺。

A minister of King Dappula II who built the Dappula-pabbata monastery.

参见“Malaya Mahādeva”条。

A cross-reference to Malaya Mahādeva.