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Bhīmaratha

1. Bhīmaratha.– One of the vassal kings of Daṇḍakī who sinned against Kisavaccha. When Daṇḍakī and his kingdom were destroyed, Kāliṅga, Aṭṭhaka, and Bhīmaratha, in the company of Sakka, sought Sarabhaṅga. Sarabhaṅga taught them and they became free from sensuality. J.v.135, 137, 149.

2. Bhīmaratha.– A king and a city of the same name. Siddhattha Buddha taught the king, and nine hundred million beings understood the Truth. Bu.xvii.4; BuA.186.

3. Bhīmaratha.– A king of seventy-seven world-cycles ago, a previous birth of Sīrivaḍḍha (Kiṅkiṇipupphiya) Thera. Ap.i.204; ThagA.i.107.