Maghādeva
PersonEin König in der direkten königlichen Linie von Mahāsammata und Vorfahre der Sakyer, dessen Nachkommen über Generationen in Mithilā regierten; er wird mit dem Bodhisatta gleichgesetzt, der später als König Nimi wiedergeboren wurde.
King, son of Sāgaradeva, in the direct line from Mahāsammata. He was a great and liberal ruler, and his sons and grandsons, eighty-four thousand in number, reigned in Mithilā, the last of them being Nemiya, son of Kāḷārajanaka (Dpv.iii.34 f; Mhv.ii.10; MT.129; DA.i.258 calls him the son of Upacara; also SNA.i.352).
His dynasty was followed by that of Okkāka, so that he is one of the ancestors of the Sakyā (DA.i.258; SNA.i.352).
See also Maghādeva Jātaka and Maghādeva Sutta.
Maghādeva is identified with the Bodhisatta. In a later birth he became Nimi.
Found an error in the dictionary?