Makhādeva untranslated

Makhādeva 01. King, son of Sāgaradeva, in the direct line from Mahā Sammata. He was a great and liberal ruler, and his sons and grandsons, eighty-four thousand in number, reigned in Mithilā, the last of them being Nemiya, son of Kāḷārajanaka (Dpv.iii.34 f.; Mhv.ii.10; Mhv­ṭ.129; DN­a.i.258 calls him the son of Upacara; also Snp­a.i.352).

His dynasty was followed by that of Okkāka, so that he is one of the ancestors of the Sākiyans (DN­a.i.258; Snp­a.i.352). See also Makhādevajātaka (Ja 9) and Makhādevasutta.

Makhādeva is identified with the Bodhisatta. In a later birth he became Nimi.

Makhādeva 02. A Yakkha, identified with Aṅgulimāla. For his story see Sutanajātaka (Ja 398). Ja.iii.325ff.