Pāli Dictionary

susunāga

susuprefixnāgastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine


general

  • 幼小者(幼象、幼龍或貴族少年)

  • 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
  • 摩揭陀國王,迦羅阿育王之父,據說出生時形似一團肉塊而被棄於垃圾堆,一位龍王曾守護他,後被一位大臣之子收養,最終登上王位。

  • 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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