Mahodara
PersonEin Nāga-König, der ein Küstenreich in Sri Lanka regierte, dessen Streit mit seinem Neffen um einen mit Edelsteinen besetzten Thron den zweiten Besuch des Buddha auf der Insel veranlasste.
A Nāga king who reigned over a kingdom by the sea in Sri Lanka. His younger sister was married to the Nāga on Vaḍḍhamāna-pabbata and her son was Cūḷodara. There was a war between uncle and nephew regarding a gem set throne, and it was to settle this dispute that the Buddha paid his second visit to Sri Lanka. Mhv.i.45 ff.
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