Brahmadatta (11062)

Brahmadatta
Entry 11062, Page 403, Col. 2

(brahmadatta, brahmadatta)
Brahmadatta¦ (= Pali id. in mg. 1), (1) n. of various kings of Benarés city and the land of Kāśī, Kāśi (cf. Mv i.271.19 et alibi, nagare Vārāṇasī Kāśijanapade); in many Pali Jātakas formulaic at the beginning of the story, and playing no part in the story itself; DPPN suggests that this was the ‘dynastic name’ of kings of Benares; somewhat similarly Mv ii.77.5; Divy 73.25; 98.13; 121.7; 538.14 ff.; 540.1; but elsewhere plays a more real rôle in various stories, Mv i.271.19 ff. (in Tri- śakunīya Jātaka); 359.20 (in Nyagrodhamṛga Jāt.; un- named in the Pali version); iii.125.10 (in āka Jāt. = Pali Supatta Jāt., where the king has the same name); iii.183.19 ff. (in Upāli-Gaṅgapāla-Jāt.; in the Pali version named Udaya, but addressed as Brahmadatta Jāt. iii.452. 16, 25); Divy 131.15; 132.6; 134.16 f.; 510.19 ff.; Jm 128.25 ff. (called Bahuputtaka in corresp. Pali story); Av i.120.3; 134.11; 174.14, etc.; MSV ii.182.7, 10 (in story of Dīrghila; as in Pali); (2) n. of two kings of Kāmpilla or Kamp°: Mv iii.156.13 ff. (in Padmāvatī Parikalpa); 361.16 ff. (father of Śarabhaṅga); (3) n. of two former Buddhas: Mv iii.239.4 f.; Śikṣ 169.10; (4) n. of a king, previous incarnation of Śākyamuni, perhaps one of those mentioned under 1: LV 170.16; (5) n. of some evil person who mistreated a former incarnation of Śākyamuni: LV 316.1; (6) n. of an unidentified king (perhaps belongs to 1): Mvy 3645; (7) n. of a bhikṣu under Siṃhadhvaja Buddha: Samādh p.52 1.20; he later became Dīpaṃkara id.1.29. [Page404-a+ 60]