Pāli Dictionary

sudassana1

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Part 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.

sudassana2

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suprefixdisrootanasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

dis1see

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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

  • The mother of Atthadassī Buddha.

  • The wife of Revata Buddha during his final life as a layman.

  • A cross-reference entry pointing to Sutanū.

Sudassana
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  • The city where Sumedha Buddha was born.

Sudassana2
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  • A monastery in Rammavatī where Dīpankara Buddha once lived.

Sudassana3
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  • The younger brother of Sujāta Buddha who became one of his two chief disciples.

Sudassana4
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  • A park where Sujāta Buddha performed the Twin Miracle before ascending to Tusita.

Sudassana5
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  • The horse that carried Atthadassī Buddha at his Great Renunciation.

Sudassana6
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  • The city where Atthadassī Buddha instructed the Bodhisatta, the being destined to become a future Buddha.

Sudassana7
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  • The father of Piyadassī Buddha, though some sources instead name him Sudatta.

Sudassana8
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  • The palace where Dhammadassī Buddha lived before renouncing the world.

Sudassana9
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  • A pleasure garden in Subhavatī where Anomadassī Buddha gave his first sermon.

Sudassana10
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  • A city where Sobhita Buddha performed the Twin Miracle beneath the Cittapātali tree, later honoured with a monastery built by King Jayasena.

Sudassana11
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  • The city where Nārada Buddha passed into final Nibbāna.

Sudassana12
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  • The palace Revata Buddha occupied before his renunciation.

Sudassana13
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  • A palace in Renuvatī occupied by a figure named Vimala.

Sudassana14
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  • A deva king who held heretical views until Piyadassī Buddha converted him and his nine hundred million followers.

Sudassana15
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  • A wealthy man whose daughter offered milk-rice to Vipassī Buddha.

Sudassana16
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  • A market town where a merchant’s daughter offered milk-rice to Sikhī Buddha.

Sudassana17
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  • A king of Sarabbavatī who, as the Bodhisatta in the time of Vessabhū Buddha, renounced his throne to become a monk.

Sudassana18
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  • A city near Isipatana where Koṇāgamana Buddha taught, said to be an old name for Bārāṇasī.

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  • A king who lived seventy-one world-cycles ago, an earlier birth of the elder Ekasaṅkhiya.

Sudassana20
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  • A disciple of Padumuttara Buddha declared foremost among those who received offerings, whose example inspired Sīvali’s aspiration to the same honour.

Sudassana21
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  • A park keeper of Dhaññavatī who offered grass for Nārada Buddha’s seat.

Sudassana22
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  • The name shared by four kings, thirty-four world-cycles ago, in earlier births of the elder Madhupiṇḍika.

Sudassana23
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  • A garland maker of Haṃsavatī who offered a jasmine garland to Padumuttara Buddha, an earlier birth of the elder Muṭṭhipupphiya.

Sudassana24
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  • A Pacceka Buddha of thirty-one world-cycles ago, revered by the elders Kuṭajapupphiya and Candana.

MN 116
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  • A Nāga king, son of Dhataraṭṭha and brother of Bhūridatta, identified with Sāriputta.

Sudassana26
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  • Another name for the elder Ugga.

Sudassana27
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  • A monastery built by the king of Sīlavatī as an offering to the elder Bandhura.

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  • 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.

SN 3.13
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  • 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.

Sudassana30
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  • The personal attendant of Piyadassī Buddha.

Sudassana31
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  • A king of the Mahāsammata dynasty.

Sudassana32
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  • A name for the city of the gods.

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