Pāli Dictionary
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Saṅgharakkhita
PersonA monk who developed insight and Arahantship after reflecting on the suffering of a doe bound by love and hunger for her fawn, and who then admonished a fellow monk into the same attainment.
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PersonA monk, probably of Sri Lanka, under whom a novice attained Arahantship after seeing a king on an elephant and contemplating the body’s impurity.
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PersonA novice, nephew of Mahānāga Thera, who made a heavenly palace tremble with his psychic power on the very day he became an Arahant.
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OtherA cross-reference to two other monks of the same name, Bhāgineyya Saṅgharakkhita and Mahā-Saṅgharakkhita.
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PersonA Sri Lankan monk and pupil of Sāriputta and Medhaṅkara who authored several works on Pali grammar, rhetoric, and prosody.
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PersonAn elder appointed head of the Order by King Vijayabāhu III, entrusted with the Tooth Relic and the education of the heir to the throne.
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PersonAn eminent monk entrusted by King Kittisirirājasīha with restoring the Majjhapalli monastery.
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