Vatsa (13238)

Vatsa
Entry 13238, Page 469, Col. 1

(vatsa, vatsa)
Vatsa¦ (cf. Vaṃśa 2); (1) a pupil of the ascetic Kāśyapa, thus fellow-pupil of Śarabhaṅga: Mv iii.363.3 ff. In the Pali story (see DPPN), Kisavaccha, or Vaccha Kisa, is a pupil of Sarabhaṅga, and his adventure with King Daṇḍaki is somewhat differently told. In Mv iii.364.16 called Vatsa-gotro, cf. Pali Vacchagotta, and in 17 described as vātehi ābādhehi kṛśo (cf. the Pali Kisa-vaccha?). (2) n. of a nāga king: Māy 247.16.

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