Pāli Dictionary

Candavatī4

Person

Fille du roi Brahmadatta de Bārāṇasī, offerte en mariage à l’ascète Lomasa-Kassapa en échange d’un sacrifice d’animaux qu’il refusa finalement d’accomplir.

Daughter of Brahmadatta, king of Bārāṇasī. The king offered her to Lomasa-kassapa on condition that he should perform a sacrifice of beasts. Kassapa agreed but later withdrew his consent. See the Lomasa-Kassapa Jātaka. J.iii.515 ff; Mil.220.

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