Pāli Dictionary

susunāga

susuprefixnāgastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • a youngling (young elephant, young nāga, or young nobleman)

  • SN 1.37

    chetvā khīlaṃ chetvā palighaṃ, indakhīlaṃ ūhacca manejā, te caranti suddhā vimalā, cakkhumatā sudantā susunāgā'ti.

Encyclopedia

Susunāga
Person

  • A king of Magadha, father of Kāḷāsoka, said to have been abandoned as a shapeless infant on a rubbish heap and guarded there by a Nāga king until adopted by a minister’s son and eventually placed on the throne.

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