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The name of a clan in Ceylon. The name is totemistic. This clan was among the tribes which accompanied the Bodhi-tree to Ceylon (Mhv.Xix.2). When Aggabodhi I, set up an image of Mahinda on the bank of the Mahindatata, the image was carried by the Taracchā. Cv.xlii.30; see Cv.Trs.i.29, n.2. Updated: 15 September 2011 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/t/taracchaa.htm |
