Pāli Dictionary

sudatta

suprefixdāroottasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

dā1give

general

  • Sudatta, personal name of Anāthapiṇḍika, great lay disciple of the Buddha, declared foremost among laymen in giving

  • AN 11.14

    ko nām'āyaṃ, subhūti, bhikkhū'ti? saddho nām'āyaṃ, bhante, bhikkhu, sudattassa upāsakassa putto, saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito'ti.

  • AN 1.249

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ upāsakānaṃ dāyakānaṃ yadidaṃ sudatto gahapati anāthapiṇḍiko.

Encyclopedia

10 entries

Sudatta
Person

  • One of the eight brahmins summoned to examine the auspicious marks at the Buddha’s birth.

Sudatta2
Person

  • A warrior (khattiya) of Mekhala and father of the Buddha Sumana.

Sudatta3
Person

  • A warrior (khattiya) and father of the Buddha Sumedha, though the commentary calls him Sudassana.

Sudatta4
Person

  • One of the chief lay patrons of the Buddha Sobhita.

Sudatta5
Other

  • The personal name of Anāthapiṇḍika.

Sudatta6
Person

  • A lay disciple from Ñātika who had attained the stage of Once-returner.

DN 16
Sudatta7
Person

  • A young deity (devaputta) who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke verses on the value of earnestness.

Sudatta8
Person

  • One of the chief lay patrons of the future Buddha Metteyya.

Sudatta9
Person

  • The father of the Buddha Piyadassī, though also identified elsewhere as Sudinna.

Sudatta10
Person

  • One of the chief lay patrons of the Buddha Sujāta.

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