Pāli Dictionary

Kaṇha2

Person

バラモンの家に生まれ後にカンハ・タパサとして知られる仙人となったボーディサッタの名で、仏陀が回想して微笑んだ生の一つ。

The name of the Bodhisatta; he was born in a brahmin family and later became a sage. He is also called Kaṇha-tāpasa, and is mentioned among those the memory of whose lives caused the Buddha to smile. See Kaṇha Jātaka (2). DhsA.294, 426.

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