Pāli Dictionary

senaka

senastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • hawk

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Senaka
Person
  • A minister of King Vedeha whose battle of wits with Mahosadha forms a major theme of the Umaṅga Jātaka, and who is identified with Saccaka in the present age.

Senaka2
Person
  • The Bodhisatta born as a brahmin minister of Janaka, king of Bārāṇasī, whose story is told in the Sattubhasta Jātaka.

Senaka3
Person
  • The Bodhisatta born as a brahmin minister of Madda, king of Bārāṇasī, whose story is told in the Paṇṇaka Jātaka.

Senaka4
Person
  • A king of Bārāṇasī whose story is told in the Kharaputta Jātaka.

Senaka5
Person
  • A monkey, nephew of the Bodhisatta in the Tinduka Jātaka, identified with Mahānāma the Sakyan in the present age.

Senaka6
Person
  • An Arahant, son of Uruvela-Kassapa’s sister, who was converted on hearing the Buddha teach at the Gayāphagguna festival, and who in the time of the Buddha Sikhī had offered him a handful of peacock feathers.

Thag 4.6

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