Dhanañjaya untranslated

Dhanañjaya 01. King of Benares. For his story see the Kāḷabāhujātaka (Ja 329). Ja.iii.97f.

Dhanañjaya 02. King of Indapatta in the Kuru country (Ja.ii.366). He was the father of Dhanañjaya 3 (below).

Dhanañjaya 03. Dhanañjaya Koravya, Dhanañjaya Korabba. King of the Kurus. He was the Bodhisatta and preached the five Kurudhammā. For his story see the Kurudhammajātaka (Ja 276, Ja.ii.368ff). His state elephant was Añjanavasabha. Dhanañjaya was one of the births in which the Bodhisatta practised dānapāramitā. Ja.i.45.

Dhanañjaya 04. King of the Kurus, called Koravyarājā. He reigned in Indapatta and belonged to the Yudhiṭṭhila gotta. For his story see the Sambhavajātaka (Ja 515, Ja.v.57ff). He is identified with Ānanda.

Dhanañjaya 05. Also called Koravya, king of the Kurus, with his capital at Indapatta. His minister was Vidhurapaṇḍita. He was fond of games of dice and was defeated by Puṇṇaka. For his story see the Vidhurapaṇḍitajātaka (Ja 545, Ja.vi.255ff; Snp­a.i.223). He is identified with Ānanda. He is probably also the king mentioned in the Dhūmakārijātaka (Ja 413). Ja.iii.400ff.

Dhanañjaya 06. A seṭṭhi of Bhaddiyanagara; he was the son of Meṇḍaka and Candapadumasirī. His wife was Sumanadevī, and their children were Visākhā and Sujātā. He was lent by Bimbisāra to Pasenadi, for the latter’s kingdom held no person of great merit. Dhanañjaya and his family built the city called Sāketa, seven leagues from Sāvatthī, and settled down there. Dhanañjaya is included among the five persons of great merit (Mahā Puññā), contemporary with the Buddha, and he was a Sotāpanna. Dhp­a.i.384ff; iii.363; Ja.ii.347; Vsm.383, etc.

Dhanañjaya 07. One of the chief lay supporters of Phussa Buddha. Bv.xix.21.

Dhanañjaya 08. A pleasance near Dhaññavatī where Paduma Buddha first preached (Bv.ix.20; Bv­a.147). Nārada Buddha was born there. Bv­a.151.

Dhanañjaya 09. A city in the time of Sikhī Buddha. There the Buddha converted the householder Dhanapālaka. Bv­a.202.