Kanakamuni (4409)

Kanakamuni
Entry 4409, Page 167, Col. 1

(kanakamuni, kanakamuni)
Kanakamuni¦, (Tib. gser thub, gold muni), also Kanaka (Mmk 130.4, prose, Kanakādyais tathāgatair; Laṅk 365.5, with Krakucchanda and Kāśyapa), Kanakā- hvaya (the one named Kanaka, LV 281.14; 283.17, with the same two others), in Mmk 68.27 text corruptly Kabaka- grani; in Mv Kanakamuni i.294.20; 318.13 (in the former with the prefix Bhāna- or Bhāma-, q.v., acc. to text), but otherwise in Mv only Konākamuni (or Koṇ°; Senart usually gives n, but see his Introd. to i p. xiv f.; also Konāka-nāmo, nom. sg., ii.300.4; 336.8, and Konāka- sāhvayo ii.401.7); this form occasionally in other texts, Mmk 426.9 in a confused list also containing the other form (Kanakamuni, Kāśyapa, Krakutsanda, Śikhin, Viśva- bhu, Konākamuni!), also Laṅk 29.1 = 142.14; Māy 227.17 (but Kanakamuni Laṅk 141.9; Māy 250.10, and Kanaka Laṅk 365.5); Konāgamuni Karmav 97.1, 5 (but Kanaka- muni 71.21; and so v.l. 97.1, 5; same vs in Pali Therīg. 518, Koṇāgamana) = Pali Koṇāgamana or Konā° (even in late Pali, Buddhavaṃsa comm. 213.14, acc. to DPPN, the form Kaṇakāgamana is used in a popular etymology of the name; doubtless Koṇāka or Koṇāga- was original), Aśokan Konākamana, n. of a former Buddha, next but one before Śākyamuni, preceding Kāśyapa and following Krakucchanda, qq.v.; often mentioned with these two, see list of passages s.v. Krakucchanda; mentioned alone, besides some passages cited above, Av ii.34.11.

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