Pāli Dictionary

ādiccabandhu

ādiccastembandhustem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • kinsman of the sun; an epithet of the Buddha (of the solar/Ādicca lineage)

  • Thag 2.19

    upāyakusalen'āhaṃ, buddhen'ādiccabandhunā yoniso paṭipajjitvā, bhave cittaṃ udabbahin'ti.

  • Snp 4.14

    pucchāmi taṃ ādiccabandhu, vivekaṃ santipadañ'ca mahesi, kathaṃ disvā nibbāti bhikkhu, anupādiyāno lokasmiṃ kiñci.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Ādiccabandhu
Person

  • An epithet of the Buddha describing him as kinsman of the sun, since both belong to the Gotama clan.

Ādiccabandhu2
Person

  • A Pacceka Buddha who guided a renunciant prince toward solitary forest life, becoming the source of the twentieth verse of the Khaggavisāṇa Sutta.

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