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Candakumāra

Person

पुप्फवती के राजा एकराज के पुत्र और उपराजा, जिन्हें बोधिसत्व के रूप में पहचाना जाता है; उनकी कथा उनके नाम पर आधारित जातक में तथा चरियापिटक के संगत विवरण में वर्णित है

The son and viceroy of Ekarāja, king of Pupphavatī (Bārāṇasī). He was the Bodhisatta. For his story see the Candakumāra Jātaka(J.vi.131 ff). It is also given in the Cariyāpiṭaka (p.77) as the Candakumāra-Cariyā. Canda is sometimes referred to as Candaka (Cyp., p.144) and sometimes as Candiya. Ibid., 137, 152, 154.

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