Pāli Dictionary
sudassana1
approximatePart of speech
noun · masculine
general
Sudassana — a name applied to several figures and places in Buddhist literature: a nephew of King Pasenadi, one of the five mountains encircling Lake Anotatta, and a Pacceka Buddha
SN 3.13
ehi tvaṃ, tāta sudassana, bhagavato santike imaṃ gāthaṃ pariyāpuṇitvā mama bhatt'ābhihāre bhāsa. ahañ'ca te devasikaṃ kahāpaṇasataṃ bhikkhaṃ pavattayissāmī'ti.
MN 116
ariṭṭho upariṭṭho tagarasikhī yasassī, sudassano piyadassī ca susambuddho, gandhāro piṇḍolo upāsabho ca, nīto tatho sutavā bhāvit'atto.
general
easy to see; easily perceived
Ud 8.2
duddasaṃ anataṃ nāma, na hi saccaṃ sudassanaṃ, paṭividdhā taṇhā jānato, passato n'atthi kiñcanan'ti.
fair to see; beautiful, lovely to look at
DN 30
sugatīsu so phalavipākaṃ, anubhavati tattha modati, idha ca pana bhavati gopakhumo, abhinīlanettanayano sudassano.
AN 3.70
cando ca sūriyo ca ubho sudassanā, obhāsayaṃ anupariyanti yāvatā, tamonudā te pana antalikkhagā, nabhe pabhāsanti disāvirocanā.
Encyclopedia
35 entries
Sudassanā
PersonThe mother of Atthadassī Buddha.
Sudassanā2
PersonThe wife of Revata Buddha during his final life as a layman.
Sudassanā3
OtherA cross-reference entry pointing to Sutanū.
The city where Sumedha Buddha was born.
A monastery in Rammavatī where Dīpankara Buddha once lived.
The younger brother of Sujāta Buddha who became one of his two chief disciples.
A park where Sujāta Buddha performed the Twin Miracle before ascending to Tusita.
The horse that carried Atthadassī Buddha at his Great Renunciation.
The city where Atthadassī Buddha instructed the Bodhisatta, the being destined to become a future Buddha.
The father of Piyadassī Buddha, though some sources instead name him Sudatta.
The palace where Dhammadassī Buddha lived before renouncing the world.
A pleasure garden in Subhavatī where Anomadassī Buddha gave his first sermon.
A city where Sobhita Buddha performed the Twin Miracle beneath the Cittapātali tree, later honoured with a monastery built by King Jayasena.
The city where Nārada Buddha passed into final Nibbāna.
The palace Revata Buddha occupied before his renunciation.
A palace in Renuvatī occupied by a figure named Vimala.
A deva king who held heretical views until Piyadassī Buddha converted him and his nine hundred million followers.
A wealthy man whose daughter offered milk-rice to Vipassī Buddha.
A market town where a merchant’s daughter offered milk-rice to Sikhī Buddha.
A king of Sarabbavatī who, as the Bodhisatta in the time of Vessabhū Buddha, renounced his throne to become a monk.
A city near Isipatana where Koṇāgamana Buddha taught, said to be an old name for Bārāṇasī.
A king who lived seventy-one world-cycles ago, an earlier birth of the elder Ekasaṅkhiya.
A disciple of Padumuttara Buddha declared foremost among those who received offerings, whose example inspired Sīvali’s aspiration to the same honour.
A park keeper of Dhaññavatī who offered grass for Nārada Buddha’s seat.
The name shared by four kings, thirty-four world-cycles ago, in earlier births of the elder Madhupiṇḍika.
A garland maker of Haṃsavatī who offered a jasmine garland to Padumuttara Buddha, an earlier birth of the elder Muṭṭhipupphiya.
A Pacceka Buddha of thirty-one world-cycles ago, revered by the elders Kuṭajapupphiya and Candana.
A Nāga king, son of Dhataraṭṭha and brother of Bhūridatta, identified with Sāriputta.
Another name for the elder Ugga.
A monastery built by the king of Sīlavatī as an offering to the elder Bandhura.
A nephew of King Pasenadi whom the Buddha taught a verse to recite at the king’s meals to encourage moderation in eating, for which service he was paid daily; the same story elsewhere names the nephew Uttara.
The first of the five golden mountain ranges encircling Lake Anotatta, two hundred leagues high and curved like a crow’s beak, where Dīpankara Buddha once held an assembly of monks.
The personal attendant of Piyadassī Buddha.
A king of the Mahāsammata dynasty.
A name for the city of the gods.
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