Pāli Dictionary
sudassana1
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.
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
Sudassana
PlaceThe city where Sumedha Buddha was born.
Sudassana2
PlaceA monastery in Rammavatī where Dīpankara Buddha once lived.
Sudassana3
PersonThe younger brother of Sujāta Buddha who became one of his two chief disciples.
Sudassana4
PlaceA park where Sujāta Buddha performed the Twin Miracle before ascending to Tusita.
Sudassana5
PersonThe horse that carried Atthadassī Buddha at his Great Renunciation.
Sudassana6
PlaceThe city where Atthadassī Buddha instructed the Bodhisatta, the being destined to become a future Buddha.
Sudassana7
PersonThe father of Piyadassī Buddha, though some sources instead name him Sudatta.
Sudassana8
PlaceThe palace where Dhammadassī Buddha lived before renouncing the world.
Sudassana9
PersonA pleasure garden in Subhavatī where Anomadassī Buddha gave his first sermon.
Sudassana10
PlaceA city where Sobhita Buddha performed the Twin Miracle beneath the Cittapātali tree, later honoured with a monastery built by King Jayasena.
Sudassana11
PlaceThe city where Nārada Buddha passed into final Nibbāna.
Sudassana12
PlaceThe palace Revata Buddha occupied before his renunciation.
Sudassana13
PlaceA palace in Renuvatī occupied by a figure named Vimala.
Sudassana14
PersonA deva king who held heretical views until Piyadassī Buddha converted him and his nine hundred million followers.
Sudassana15
PersonA wealthy man whose daughter offered milk-rice to Vipassī Buddha.
Sudassana16
PlaceA market town where a merchant’s daughter offered milk-rice to Sikhī Buddha.
Sudassana17
PersonA king of Sarabbavatī who, as the Bodhisatta in the time of Vessabhū Buddha, renounced his throne to become a monk.
Sudassana18
PlaceA city near Isipatana where Koṇāgamana Buddha taught, said to be an old name for Bārāṇasī.
Sudassana19
PersonA king who lived seventy-one world-cycles ago, an earlier birth of the elder Ekasaṅkhiya.
Sudassana20
PersonA disciple of Padumuttara Buddha declared foremost among those who received offerings, whose example inspired Sīvali’s aspiration to the same honour.
Sudassana21
PlaceA park keeper of Dhaññavatī who offered grass for Nārada Buddha’s seat.
Sudassana22
PersonThe name shared by four kings, thirty-four world-cycles ago, in earlier births of the elder Madhupiṇḍika.
Sudassana23
PersonA garland maker of Haṃsavatī who offered a jasmine garland to Padumuttara Buddha, an earlier birth of the elder Muṭṭhipupphiya.
Sudassana24
PersonA Pacceka Buddha of thirty-one world-cycles ago, revered by the elders Kuṭajapupphiya and Candana.
Sudassana25
PersonA Nāga king, son of Dhataraṭṭha and brother of Bhūridatta, identified with Sāriputta.
Sudassana26
PersonAnother name for the elder Ugga.
Sudassana27
PlaceA monastery built by the king of Sīlavatī as an offering to the elder Bandhura.
Sudassana28
PersonA 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.
Sudassana29
PlaceThe 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
PersonThe personal attendant of Piyadassī Buddha.
Sudassana31
PersonA king of the Mahāsammata dynasty.
Sudassana32
PlaceA name for the city of the gods.
The mother of Atthadassī Buddha.
The wife of Revata Buddha during his final life as a layman.
A cross-reference entry pointing to Sutanū.
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