Pāli Dictionary
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Mahādhana
PersonA wealthy young man of Bārāṇasī who squandered his inheritance through drink and was reduced to begging, cited by the Buddha as a lost opportunity for greatness.
Mahādhana2
PersonA merchant of Sāvatthi who avoided an ambush by five hundred thieves by delaying his journey after taking monks along for protection and guidance.
Mahādhana3
PersonA merchant of Bārāṇasī who, warned by the Buddha that he had only seven days left to live, became a Stream-winner before his death and was reborn in the Tusita heaven.
Mahādhana4
PersonA wealthy man of Rājagaha whose spoiled, uneducated son squandered the family fortune, turned to thievery, and was executed, a story later connected with the courtesan Sulasā and Mahā-Moggallāna.
Mahādhana5
PersonThe name shared by four kings, sixty-five world-cycles ago, who were past lives of the monk Tiṇasantharadāyaka.
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