Pāli Dictionary

todeyya

todeyyastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Todeyya, name of a wealthy Brahman

  • MN 100

    assosi kho dhanañ'jānī brāhmaṇī, bhagavā kira cañcalikappaṃ anuppatto, cañcalikappe viharati todeyyānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ ambavane'ti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Todeyya
Person

  • A wealthy but miserly brahmin, father of Subha, who was reborn as his own son’s beloved dog and was identified by the Buddha, who revealed the dog’s hidden buried treasure as proof.

Todeyya2
Person

  • A disciple of the brahmin teacher Bāvarī who questioned the Buddha and later attained Arahantship.

MN 135Snp 5.10

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