Dharmaruci, (1) (7823)

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Dharmaruci, (1)
Entry 7823, Page 281, Col. 1
(Darmaruci, Darmaruci)
Dharmaruci, (1)¦ (= Pali Dhammaruci) n. of a disciple of Śākyamuni: Mv i.246.3, 6, 12 (later incarnation of Meghadatta, q.v.); Divy 236.2 ff. (here a number of the same stories are told of him as in Pali); Divy chap. 18 is called Dharmarucy-avadāna, Divy 262.6; (2) n. of one of the four deities of the bodhi-tree: LV 401.21.