Pāli Dictionary

Uposatha

Person

कल्प के आरंभ का एक पौराणिक राजा, वरकल्याण का पुत्र, मन्धातु का पिता, और शाक्य कुल का एक पूर्वज

King, son of Varakalyāṇa and an ancestor of the Sakyan clan. His son was Mandhātu (Dpv.iii.4). He was one of the kings at the beginning of the world-cycle (J.ii.311; iii.454). In the Dīghanikāya Commentary (DA.i.258) he is given as the son of Varamandhātu and the father of Cara. In the northern texts he is called Uposadha. Mtu.i.348; Divy.210.

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