Candakumāra
PersonThe son and viceroy of King Ekarāja of Pupphavatī, identified as the Bodhisatta; his story is told in the Jātaka bearing his name, and in a corresponding account in the Cariyāpiṭaka.
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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