Kuṇāla untranslated

Kuṇāla 01. One of the seven great lakes in the region of the Himālaya. The Buddha once visited it with a large concourse of Sākiyan youths who had joined the Saṅgha, and on that occasion he preached the Kuṇālajātaka (Ja 536, Ja.v.415; MN­a.ii.692, 1021; AN­a.ii.759, etc.). The sun’s rays never reached the waters of the lake, which were therefore never warm (Snp-a.ii.407). According to Buddhaghosa (Snp-a.i.358; DN­a.ii.675), the Kuṇālajātaka was actually preached on the banks of the Kuṇāladaha.

Kuṇāla 02. The Bodhisatta, born as the king of the Citrakokilas. He lived in a beautiful forest in the Himālaya, attended by three thousand five hundred hen birds. He was carried about on a stick by two birds while in front, behind, above and below flew his vast retinue, guarding him from all harm and providing for all his needs. He distrusted and despised all womankind, and his stories of their wiles, as related by him to his friend Puṇṇamukha, are given in the Kuṇālajātaka (Ja 536).

Kuṇālā. The name of a river (mahānadī) which flows out of the Kuṇāladaha. It dries up when, at the end of the kappa, the fourth sun rises. AN.iv.101.