Mahānāma(n), (1) (11736)

Mahānāma(n), (1)
Entry 11736, Page 423, Col. 1

(mahAnAma, mahAnAma(n)
Mahānāma(n), (1)¦ regularly °ma, in Mv the name of Yaśodharā's father, a Śākyan noble: Mv ii.48.7; 73.4 ff. (refuses the first request to give his daughter to the Bo- dhisattva); identified with characters in stories of the past, ii.114.17; 496.11; iii.26.12; 152.16; (2) (= Pali Ma- hānāma 3 in DPPN, son of Amitodana and brother of Anuruddha), n. of a disciple of the Buddha, seemingly not to be identified with (3): son of Amṛtodana, brother of Anuruddha and Bhaṭṭika, Mv iii.177.2 ff. (stem °ma); mentioned with Bhadrika (3) and Aniruddha LV 229.12 (stem °man); Mvy 3607 (nom. °maḥ): (3) (= Pali °ma 2 in DPPN), n. of one of the five bhadravargīya monks; [Page423-b+ 71] seems not the same as (2), tho in soem lists of disciples, e.g. Divy below, his name occurs at the end of a list (partial or complete) of these five, but also just before Aniruddha (like 2): stem °ma, Mv iii.329.1; 337.6; 339.1; Mvy 1044 (°maḥ; prob. belongs here; the names of the five monks are not grouped together in this list); stem °man, SP 1.10; LV 1.7; Sukh 2.3; stem °ma- in comp., Divy 182.21; 268.6; Av ii.134.12. In Śikṣ 69.4, cited from Pravrajyāntarāyasūtra, voc. Mahānāman, prob. addressed to (2) or (3) but unidentifiable; (4) n. of a Licchavi of Vaiśālī (cf. Pali Mahānāma 4 in DPPN): MSV ii.15.17 ff.

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