Pāli Dictionary

Candavatī4

Person

バーラーナシー(Bārāṇasī)の王ブラフマダッタ(Brahmadatta)の娘で、苦行者ローマサ・カッサパ(Lomasa-Kassapa)に動物供犠と引き換えに嫁がされそうになったが、彼は結局その供犠を拒んだ。

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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