Khaṇḍa untranslated

Khaṇḍa. The chief disciple of Vipassī Buddha (DN.ii.11, 40; Bv.xx.28; Ja.i.41), whose step-brother he was. The Buddha preached his first sermon to Khaṇḍa and his friend Tissa, the chaplain’s son, in the Deer Park at Khema. Later, Khaṇḍa became the Buddha’s chief disciple Ekasaññaka (Bv­a.196; AN­a.i.80; DN­a.ii.416; see also 457), in a previous birth, once gave alms to Khaṇḍa. Ap.i.121.

Khaṇḍa. Name of a god, the Pāḷi equivalent of the Sanskrit Skanda, mentioned with Siva in the Udāna Commentary Ud­a.351.