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Saṅkhapāla
PersonThe Bodhisatta born as a Nāga king, the central figure of the Jātaka that bears his name; the same name evidently also serves as a generic term for the Nāgas of that realm.
Saṅkhapāla2
PersonA king of Ekabala whose military preparations prompted the sage Mahosadha to send a parrot as a spy, which reported back that there was no cause for alarm.
Saṅkhapāla3
PlaceA lake in the Mahiṃsaka country that was the residence of the Nāga king of the same name, and the source of the river Kannapennā.
Saṅkhapāla4
PersonA pupil of the scholar-monk Buddhadatta, to whom Buddhadatta dedicated his treatise on Vinaya rulings.
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