A millionaire (seṭṭhi) of Bhaddiyanagara; he was the son of Meṇḍaka and Candapadumasirī. His wife was Sumanadevī, and their children were Visākhā and Sujātā. He was lent by Bimbisāra to Pasenadi, for the latter’s kingdom held no person of great merit. Dhanañjaya and his family built the city called Sāketa, seven leagues from Sāvatthi, and settled down there. Dhanañjaya is included among the five persons of great merit (mahāpuññā), contemporary with the Buddha, and he was a Stream-winner (sotāpanna). DhA.i.384 ff; iii.363; J.ii.347; Vism.383, etc.