Pāli Dictionary

nandaka

nandrootakasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

nand1delight; enjoy

Synonyms

vaṅgantaputta

general

  • (as adjective) rejoicing; glad; pleased

  • Nandaka; name of several individuals in the canon, notably an arahant foremost in admonishing nuns, a yakkha, and a Licchavi minister

  • AN 3.66

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā nandako sāvatthiyaṃ viharati pubb'ārāme migāramātupāsāde.

  • SN 55.30

    atha kho nandako licchavimah'āmatto yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdi.

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Nandaka
Person

  • A householder of Sāvatthi who was ordained, attained Arahantship, and was declared by the Buddha foremost among monks in exhorting nuns.

MN 146AN 3.66Thag 2.27AN 9.4
Nandaka2
Person

  • A householder of Campā, younger brother of the monk Bharata, who was inspired to renounce the world and attained Arahantship after reflecting on an ox being freed from a bog.

Nandaka3
Person

  • A yakkha who struck the elder Sāriputta on the head while he was meditating and was instantly swallowed up by the earth into hell as a result.

Nandaka4
Person

  • A minister of the Licchavī, mentioned in connection with the second Nandaka Sutta.

SN 55.30
Nandaka5
Person

  • A general of King Piṅgala of Suraṭṭha who held nihilist views, was reborn as a semi-divine spirit (vemānika-peta) through his daughter’s merit-offerings, and later persuaded the king to accept the Buddha’s teaching.

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