Pāli Dictionary

vedehiputta

vedehistem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • family name or epithet of King Ajātasattu; literally “son of Vedehī” (interpreted in commentaries as “son of a wise woman”, referring to his mother Kosaladevī)

  • SN 3.14

    assosi kho rājā pasenadi kosalo, rājā kira māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto caturaṅginiṃ senaṃ sannayhitvā mamaṃ abbhuyyāto yena kāsī'ti.

  • SN 20.8

    tesaṃ rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto na labhati otāraṃ na labhati ārammaṇaṃ.

Encyclopedia

Vedehiputta
Person

  • An epithet constantly applied to King Ajātasattu, which Buddhaghosa explains means simply son of a wise woman rather than a literal reference to a princess of Videha.

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