Vedhañña
OtherAlso known as Vedañña
弓術の技能で名高いサキヤ族の一氏族で、仏が『パーサーディカ経』を説いたマンゴー林の学院で訓練を受け、サーマガーマに住んでいたと思われる
A clan of Sākyā.
Buddhaghosa says (DA.iii.905) they were skilled in archery (hence their name the “Archers”). They learnt their craft in a technical college (sippuggahanapāsāda) built in a mango grove.
It was there that the Pāsādika Sutta was taught (D.iii.17).
From the Sāmagāma Sutta (M.ii.244) it would appear that these Sākyā lived in Sāmagāma.
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