Dummukha
PersonEin Licchavi-Häuptling, der, nachdem er Nigaṇṭha Saccaka in einer Debatte mit dem Buddha unterliegen sah, ihn mit einer aus einem Teich gezogenen und von Dorfjungen misshandelten Krabbe verglich; der Kommentar merkt an, dass er trotz seines Namens, der „hässlich“ bedeutet, tatsächlich recht gutaussehend war.
A Licchavi chieftain. He was present at the discussion of the Nigaṇṭha Saccaka with the Buddha, and seeing Saccaka discomfited in the debate, Dummukha compared him to a crab pulled out of a pond and ill-treated by village boys (M.i.234).
The Commentary says (MA.i.459) that Dummukha (ugly) just happened to be his name. He was in reality quite handsome.
MN 35
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