Pāli Dictionary

vedeha

videhastemasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • belonging to the Videha country; Videhan

  • SN 16.10

    atha kho thullatissā bhikkhunī anattamanā anattamanavācaṃ nicchāresi, kiṃ pana ayyo mahākassapo, ayyassa ānandassa vedehamunino sammukhā dhammaṃ bhāsitabbaṃ maññati?

  • Ja 542

    sukh'āvaho dukkhanudo, vedehassa yasassino, matiṃ te paṭihaññāmi, usuṃ palasatena vā.

Encyclopedia

6 entries

Vedeha
Place

  • A royal title borne by several kings of Mithilā, the capital of Videha, including Suruci, Sādhīna, Somanassa, Nimi, and Aṅgati.

Vedeha2
Other

  • A cross-reference to entries on Videha.

Vedeha3
Person

  • The personal name of a king of Kāsi in the Mātuposaka Jātaka, identified with Ānanda.

Vedeha4
Person

  • The personal name of the king of Mithilā whose wise minister was Mahosadha, as told in the Umaṅga Jātaka.

Vedeha5
Person

  • A wealthy householder of Haṃsavatī in the time of Padumuttara Buddha, an earlier birth of Mahā-Kassapa.

Vedeha6
Person

  • A thirteenth-century Sri Lankan monk of the forest-dwelling order who authored the Rasavāhinī and other works, including probably the earliest Sinhala grammar.

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