Visuddhimagga XII-83

Apica tambapaṇṇidīpaṃ āgatadivase yathā attanā saddhiṃ āgate avasese rājā na passati, evaṃ karontena mahindattherenāpi idaṃ katameva (pārā. aṭṭha. 1.tatiyasaṅgītikathā).

又摩哂陀长老，初来铜鍱洲（锡兰）之日，曾使国王不能见他及与他同来的人，行此隐匿神变。

Ñ(XII,83): Furthermore, this was performed by the Elder Mahinda, who so acted on the day of his arrival in Tambapaṇṇi Island that the king did not see the others who had come with him (see Mahāvaṃsa, i, p. 103).



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