mahendra, (1) (11922)

mahendra, (1)
Entry 11922, Page 427, Col. 1

(mahendra, mahendra)
mahendra, (1)¦ m., a high number: Mvy 8023 (cf. indra 2); (2) n. of a king of Kanyakubja and of the Madras, father of Sudarśanā who married Kuśa; also Mahendraka 1, q.v.; in the Pali Kusa Jāt. he is called Madda (= Madra), king of Sāgala: Mv ii.460.8; iii.27.19 (here °dra-nātha-; both prose); (3) n. of a king of Hastinā- pura (also Mahendraka 2, q.v.): Mv iii.432.11; 433.4; the story told here is basically (tho with some confusion) the same that is told of Uruvela-Kassapa and his brothers in Pali (see DPPN 1.433 f.), in which Mahinda (3 in DPPN) is the father of the Buddha Phussa (BHS Puṣya); (4) n. [Page427-b+ 71] of the well-known apostle to Ceylon (= Pali Mahinda 1 in DPPN): Karmav 63.1; (5) n. of a nāga king: Māy 246.15.

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