Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

analyses: 2

dasaratha
  1. dasa

    ten; the number ten

  2. ratha

    chariot; carriage; coach

dasaatha
  1. dasa

    ten; the number ten

  2. atha

    then; thereupon; and so; now (introducing what follows)

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Dasaratha
Person

  • An alternative name for Janasandha, king of Bārāṇasī, said to be so called because he could do with a single chariot what others needed ten chariots to accomplish.

Dasaratha2
Person

  • A king of Bārāṇasī identified with Suddhodana, the Buddha’s father, whose story is told in the Dasaratha Jātaka.

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