candana, (1) (6074)

candana, (1)
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(candana, candana)
candana, (1)¦ adj. (cf. BR s.v. 2; acc. to Skt. Gr. used at end of a cpd. meaning best of its kind), superior, excellent: (of the Buddha)…śāntaḥ śāntaparivāraś can- danaś candanapari° mukto muktapari°…Divy 96.16; is this the mg. of candana in °na-gaṇḍīraka (q.v.)?; (2) n. of a former Buddha: Mv iii.234.5 f.; LV 171.12; Av i.74.9 ff.; Sukh 5.10 (perhaps not all intended for the same person); (3) n. of a devaputra (prob. same as DPPN Ca° 1, described as a yakkha): LV 4.12; 6.12; 7.5; 438.16 (only in lists of names of gods); (4) n. of a gandharva: Suv 162.4 (not likely to be the same as 3); (5) n. of a Pratyekabuddha: Av i.119.8 ff.; (a different one ?) Mmk 64.12; 111.10 (in lists of Pr.); (6) n. of a noble elephant, born at the same time with Śākyamuni: Mv ii.25.13.