Pāli Dictionary

kandaraka

kandrootarasuffixkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kand1wail; cry out

general

  • Kandaraka, name of a wandering ascetic (paribbājaka) who visited the Buddha at Campā (cf. Kandaraka Sutta, MN 51)

  • MN 51

    atha kho pesso ca hatth'ārohaputto kandarako ca paribbājako yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkamiṃsu, upasaṅkamitvā pesso hatth'ārohaputto bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdi.

Encyclopedia

Kandaraka
Person

  • A wandering ascetic who visited the Buddha at Campā, described by Buddhaghosa as a clothed ascetic, whose encounter is recounted in the Kandaraka Sutta.

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