Ajjuna untranslated

Ajjuna 01. Ajjuna Thera. Son of a councillor of Sāvatthī. In his youth he first joined the Saṅgha of the Nigaṇṭhas; being dissatisfied, he was won over by the Buddha’s Twin-miracle and, entering the Buddhist Saṅgha, reached Arahant-ship (Thag.v.88; Thag­a.i.186). He is evidently to be identified with Sālapupphadāyaka Thera of the Apadāna (i.169).

In Vipassī Buddha’s time he was born as a lion and gave the Buddha a flowering branch of a sāla-tree. He was also once a cakkavattī, named Verocana.

Ajjuna 02. A Pacceka Buddha, who lived ninety-one kappas ago. Panasaphaladāyaka Thera (q.v.) gave him a ripe jackfruit. Ap.i.297.

Ajjuna 03. A Pacceka Buddha who lived ninety-four kappas ago. Ajelaphaladāyaka Thera gave him an ajela-fruit. Ap.ii.446.

Ajjuna 04. The seventh son of Devagabbhā and Upasāgara; one of the Andhakaveṇhuputtā. Ja.iv.81; Pv.93.

Ajjuna 05. King of the Kekakā, and a great archer. He annoyed the sage Gotama and was destroyed in spite of his bulk and his thousand arms (Ja.v.267). In the Sarabhaṅgajātaka he is mentioned as having sinned against Aṅgīrasa (Ja.v.135; also DN­a.i.266). He is identified with Arjuna, called Kārtavīraya of the Kathāsaritsāgara (ii.639), and in the Uttarakaṇḍa of the Rāmāyaṇa (Sarga 32).

He used to offer sacrifices to the gods (Ja.vi.201).

Ajjuna 06. The eldest of the five sons of King Paṇḍu, all of whom were married to Kaṇhā. On discovering her liason with a hunchbacked slave and her treachery towards themselves, they gave her up and retired to Himavā (Ja.v.425f). Ajjuna was a previous birth of the bird-king Kuṇāla (Ja.v.427).