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Mahāghosa
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Mahágaha (Mahāgraha) Mahāgaha means a planet. eight such planets. Its other name is Gaha.
1. Bha. 406.
Mahāgiri A chief disciple of preceptor Thūlabhadda. He belonged to the Elāvacca lineage. He had eight pupils. Kodiņņa, the preceptor of Niñhava Āsamitta and Dhaņagutta, the preceptor of Nişhava Gamga, were among them. He had been to Kosambi and Ujjeņi." He took to jiņakalpa (a type of asceticism) after handing over his charge to Suhatthi(1), another disciple of Thūlabhadda. He died on mount Gayagga near Elakaccha (Dasapnapura). See also Giri. 1. Nan. v. 25, Kalp (Therävali). 6-7, | 3. NisBh. 5744. AvaN. 1278, NunM. p. 49.
4. AvaCu. II. p. 157. 2. AvaBh. 132-4, Vis. 2890, 2925, 5. Avaču. II. p. 155, NisCu. II. pp. 361-2,
NisBh. 5600-1, UttN. and Utts. BrhBh. 3281. pp. 162-3, AvaCu. I. p. 423, SthA. 6. AvaCu. II. p. 157. pp. 412-3.
1. Mahăghosa (Mahāghosa) A celestial abode in Bambhaloa where the maximum age of gods is ten sāgaropama years. They breathe once in ten fortnights and have desire for food once in ten thousand years.1
1. Sam. 10. 2. Mahāghosa A celestial abode where the maximum longevity of gods is six sāgaropama years. They breath once in six fortnights and have desire for food once in six thousand years. It is just like Sayambhū(4).1
1. Sam. 6.
A town to which merchant Dhammaghosa (9) belonged.
3. Mahăghosa
1. Vip. 34.
4. Mahāghosa Lord of the northern Thaniyakumāra gods. He has six queens whose names are the same as those of Bhūyananda's(1). See Ghosa(1) also.
1. Sth. 94, Jna. 152, Bha. 169. 2. Bha. 406, Sth. 508.
5. Mahāghosa 'A god under Jama(2), a Logapāla of Sakka(3). He is a Paramāhammiya god.? 1. Bha. 166, SutCu. p. 154.
| 2. Sam. 15. 6. Mahāghosa Seventh Kulagara of the past Ussappiņi in the Bharaha(2) region. See Kulagara.
1. Sam. 157, Sth. 556. 7. Mahāghosa Eleventh would-be Titthayara in the Eravaya(1) region.
1. Sam. 159.
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