Kālodāyin (4807)

Kālodāyin
Entry 4807, Page 181, Col. 1

(kAlodAyin, kAlodAyin)
Kālodāyin¦ (= Pali Kāḷudāyin; also called Udāyin, and possibly Udayin, see the former (1); spelling Kālodayin also occurs, see below), a son of Śuddhodana's purohita, playfellow of the Bodhisattva in his youth, who was sent (with Chandaka) as a messenger from Śuddhodana to the Buddha after his enlightenment: Mv ii.233.11 ff.; iii.91.14; 93.9; sent by Buddha as messenger to Śuddhodana, Mv iii.103.7 ff.; he was given the title first of those who conciliate the family (of the Buddha), kulaprasādakānāṃ…agro, which must be read in Mv iii.104.7 (cf. Pali AN i.25.5 kulappasādakānaṃ, sc. aggo, as his standing epithet); also mentioned SP 207.3; Jm 116.2; spelled Kālodăyin, Sukh 92.8; Karmav 78.16.