Pāli Dictionary

jayasena

jayastemsenāstem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Jayasena, a name borne by several princes and kings in Buddhist legend (e.g. the father of the Buddha Siddhattha); literally ‘victorious army’

  • MN 125

    evaṃ vutte, jayaseno rājakumāro aciravataṃ samaṇ'uddesaṃ etadavoca, aṭṭhānam'etaṃ, bho aggivessana, anavakāso yaṃ bhikkhu appamatto ātāpī pahit'atto viharanto phuseyya cittassa ek'aggatan'ti.

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Jayasena
Person

  • Father of the Buddha Siddhattha, also called Udena in the Buddhavaṃsa.

Jayasena2
Person

  • Father of the Buddha Phussa and King of Kāsī, taught by his son and thereby made an Arahant.

Jayasena3
Person

  • A King of Kapilavatthu whose son was Sīhahanu and grandson Suddhodana, the Buddha’s father.

Jayasena4
Person

  • A prince who, after hearing the novice Aciravata’s exposition of the Doctrine unconvinced, was later won over by a discourse from his uncle Bhūmija Thera, recorded in the Bhūmija Sutta; Buddhaghosa identifies him as Bimbisāra’s own son.

MN 125MN 126
Jayasena5
Person

  • A king who built a monastery a league in extent for the Buddha Sobhita and served as one of his chief lay supporters.

Jayasena6
Place

  • An elder present at the founding ceremony of the Great Thūpa.

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