to vanaväsa be sent the thera named rakkhita, and to aparantaka the yona named dhainmarakkhjta; to maharattha (he sent) the thera named mamdhammarakkhita, but the thera maharakkhita he sent into the country of the yona.

The thera dhammarakkhita the yona, being gone to aparantaka’ and having preached in the midst of the people the aggikkhandhopama-sutta gave to drink of the nectar of truth to thirty-seven thousand living beings who had come togdther there, lie who perfectly understood truth and untruth. A thousand men and yet more women went forth from noble families and received the pabbajja.

with a hundred and sixty thousand bhikkhus came the thera named mittinna from the asokarama in pupphapura. From the kasmira country came the thera utinna bringing with him two hundred and eighty thousand bhikkhus. The wise mahadeva came from pallavabhogga with four hundred and sixty thousand bhikkhus, and from alasanda the city of the yonas came the thera yonamahadhammarakkhita with thirty thousand bhikkhus. From his dwelling by the road through the vinjha forest mountains, came the thera uttara with sixty thousand bhikkhus.

the yavanas, o king, are all-knowing; the suras are particularly so. The mlecchas are wedded to the creations of their own fancy.

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