Yonaka Dhammarakkhita Thera
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Yonaka Dhammarakkhita Thera was a Buddhist emissary sent by Emperor Ashoka to the kingdom of Aparanta, consisting of today’s Konkan, Gujarat & Sindh. The capital city-cum-harbour of Aparanta and the area so named are even older, present in the Mahabharata as land reclaimed from the sea.
Yonaka Dhammarakkhita Thera. He was sent to Aparantaka at the conclusion of Moggaliputtapissas Council (Mhv.xii.4). There he preached the Aggikkhandhopama Sutta and converted thirty seven thousand beings. Mhv.xii.34f.; Dpv.viii.7; Sp.i.67.
2. Yonaka Dhammarakkhita. Teacher of Punabbasukutumbikaputta Tīssa (q.v.).