Kokanada untranslated

Kokanada 01. The palace of Bodhirājakumāra, to which he invited Gotama Buddha and the monks to a meal when the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana; the palace was just completed (Vin.ii.127; iv.199; MN.ii.91). The artisan who built it was blinded, in case he should build another like it (Ja.iii.157; but see Dhp­a.iii.134f, where it is said that, warned by Bodhi’s friend, Sanjikāputta, the builder escaped on a magic bird).

According to Buddhaghosa (MN­a.ii.739), the palace was called Kokanada (lotus), because it was built in the form of a hanging lotus.

Kokanada 02. A lute (vinā) given by Sakka to Sīlavatī, Kusa’s mother, and afterwards used by Kusa to win back Pabhāvatī (Ja.v.281, 290). It was so-called either from the country of its origin or from its colour. See Jātaka Trs.v.143 n.

Kokanada 03. See Kokanuda.

Kokanadā 01. Two daughters of Pajjunna, both called Kokanadā, though the younger was sometimes called Cūḷa Kokanadā. They visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā and spoke verses in praise of the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Saṅgha. SN.i.29f.

Kokanadā 02. One of the palaces of Siddhattha Buddha in his last lay life. Bv.xvii.14; Bv­a. (185) calls it Padumā.