Pāli Dictionary

Sudassana28

Person

パセーナディ王の甥で、仏陀が王の食事の際に唱えるよう教えた偈により節度ある食事を促し、その務めで日々報酬を得た人物。同じ話の別の箇所ではこの甥をウッタラと呼んでいる。

Nephew of Pasenadi. The Buddha taught him a stanza to recite whenever Pasenadi sat down to a meal, in order that the king might observe moderation in eating. For this service Pasenadi paid him one hundred kahāpaṇas a day. S.i.82; DhA.iii.264 f. This story is also given at ibid., iv.15 f., but there the nephew is called Uttara.

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