Pāli Dictionary

Avanti2

Person

A king of Ujjenī in a past age during whose reign the Bodhisatta was born as Citta in an outcaste village, as related in the Citta-Sambhūta Jātaka.

King of Ujjeni in a past age. During his reign the Bodhisatta was born, under the name of Citta, in a Caṇḍāla village outside Ujjeni. His story is related in the Citta-Sambhūta Jātaka. J.iv.390 ff.

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