Bhaddasāla untranslated

Bhaddasāla 01. One of the chief disciples of Nārada Buddha (Ja.i.37; Bv.x.23). He was a Brahmin of Thullakoṭṭhita and, together with his friend Vijitamitta, he went in search of the Lake of Immortality (Amatarahada). During their travels they met Nārada Buddha and entered the Saṅgha under him, later becoming Arahants. Bv­a.154.

Bhaddasāla 02. A dryad; see the Bhaddasālajātaka (Ja 465).

Bhaddasāla 03. Bhaddasāla Thera, v.1. Bhaddanāma. An Arahant. He accompanied Mahinda to Ceylon (Mhv.xii.7; Dpv.xii. 12, 38; Vin-a.i. 62, 70). Sirimeghavaṇṇa made an image of him and placed it in a shrine near his palace. Cv.xxxvii.87.

Bhaddasāla 04. A tree in the Rakkhitavanasaṇḍa in the Pārileyyaka forest where the Buddha stayed during his retirement. Ud.iv.5; Vin.i.352.

Bhaddasāla 05. A general of King Nanda; he waged war against Candagutta. In that war took place eighty Corpse Dances, where headless corpses arose and danced in frenzy over the battle field. Mil.292.

Bhaddasāla 06. Bhaddasāla Thera. A monk of Ceylon. Mahā Siva was greatly devoted to him, and built for him the Nagaraṅgaṇavihāra to the east of Anurādhapura. Mhv.xxi.2.