Pāli Dictionary

Cūḷodara

Person

スリランカの龍王で、マホーダラの甥。宝石で飾られた王座をめぐる叔父との争いが、仏陀のこの島訪問の契機となった。

A Nāga king of Sri Lanka, nephew of Mahodara. His father was the king of Kaṇṇavaḍḍhamāna mountain. It was the quarrel between Cūḷodara and Mahodara regarding a jewelled throne that was the cause of a visit of the Buddha to Sri Lanka. Mhv.i.45 ff; Dpv.ii.7, 29; Sp.i.120.

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