Pāli Dictionary

nakula1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • a mongoose

nakula2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • a proper name, e.g. the son of the lay disciples Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā

Encyclopedia

7 entries

Nakula
Person

  • The second of King Paṇḍu’s five sons, along with Ajjuna, Bhīmasena, Yuddhiṭṭhila, and Sahadeva, all of whom became husbands of Kaṇhā.

Nakula2
Other

  • A Tamil chief allied with Kulasekhara.

Nakula3
Person

  • One of the chief lay supporters of the Buddha Atthadassī.

Nakula4
Person

  • The son of Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā, about whom nothing further is recorded.

Nakulā
Personapproximate

  • The chief female disciple of the Buddha Sobhita.

Nakulā2
Personapproximate

  • The chief among the laywomen who supported the Buddha Sobhita.

Nakulā3
Personapproximate

  • The daughter of a treasurer of Nakula-nigama, who offered a meal of milk-rice to the Buddha Sumedha just before his Enlightenment.

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