Soṇadinna
PersonEine Gottheit mit sieben Palästen in Tāvatiṃsa, deren früheres Leben als großzügiger Hausherr, der zur Zeit des Buddha Kassapa Einsiedeleien für heilige Männer errichtete, dem König Nimi von seinem Wagenlenker Mātali erklärt wurde.
A devaputta who had seven mansions in Tāvatiṃsa. King Nimi saw these on his visit to Sakka, and Mātali explained to him that Soṇadinna had been a householder in a Kāsi village in the time of Kassapa Buddha and had built hermitages for holy men, providing them with all necessities. J.vi.118 f.
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