Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
Māgaṇḍiya; name of a wandering ascetic who debated with the Buddha (lit. son of a usurer)
MN 75
atha kho māgaṇḍiyo paribbājako jaṅghāvihāraṃ anucaṅkamamāno anuvicaramāno yena bhāradvājagottassa brāhmaṇassa agy'āgāraṃ ten'upasaṅkami.
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
Māgandiya; a brahmin of the Kuru country, father of Māgandiyā
Māgandiya; a wandering ascetic (paribbājaka), nephew of the brahmin Māgandiya, who later became a Buddhist monk and an arahant
MN 75
taṃ vanasaṇḍaṃ ajjhogāhetvā aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle divāvihāraṃ nisīdi. atha kho māgandiyo paribbājako jaṅghāvihāraṃ anucaṅkamamāno anuvicaramāno yena bhāradvājagottassa brāhmaṇassa agy'āgāraṃ ten'upasaṅkami. addasā kho māgaṇḍiyo paribbājako bhāradvājagottassa brāhmaṇassa agy'āgāre tiṇasanthārakaṃ paññattaṃ.
Encyclopedia
3 entries
Māgaṇḍiya
PersonA brahmin of the Kuru country whose beautiful daughter Māgaṇḍiyā he offered in marriage to the Buddha, only to have the offer declined and both parents become Non-returners.
Māgaṇḍiya2
PersonA wanderer who insulted the Buddha’s ascetic bedding at the brahmin Bhāradvāja’s fire hut, but later joined the Order after a discussion with him and became an Arahant.
Daughter of the brahmin Māgaṇḍiya who became a queen of King Udena of Kosambī and, resenting the Buddha’s earlier rejection of her, plotted against him and against her rival queen Sāmāvatī.
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