Sudassana untranslated

Sudassana 01. The city of birth of Sumedha Buddha. Ja.i.37, 38; Bv.xii.18.

Sudassana 02. A monastery in Rammanagara where Dīpaṅkara Buddha lived. Ja.i.11; Dhp­a.i.69.

Sudassana 03. Younger brother and Aggasāvaka of Sujāta Buddha. Ja.i.38; Bv.xiii.25; Bv­a.169.

Sudassana 04. A park, at the gates of which Sujāta Buddha performed his Twin Miracle (Bv­a.168) before going to Tusita.

Sudassana 05. The horse ridden by Atthadassī Buddha when he left the world. Bv­a.178.

Sudassana 06. The city where Atthadassī Buddha preached to the Bodhisatta. Bv­a.180.

Sudassana 07. Father of Piyadassī Buddha (Bv­a.172); but see Sudatta (9).

Sudassana 08. A palace occupied by Dhammadassī Buddha (Bv.xvi.14; Bv­a.182) in his last lay life; from this palace he left the world.

Sudassana 09. A pleasance in Subhavatī where Anomadassī Buddha preached his first sermon. Bv­a.143.

Sudassana 10. A city where Sobhita Buddha performed his Yamakapāṭihāriya under the cittapāṭali; King Jayasena built for him there a vihāra one league in extent. Bv­a.138.

Sudassana 11. The city in which Nārada Buddha died. Bv.x.33.

Sudassana 12. A palace occupied by Revata Buddha before his renunciation. Bv.vi.17.

Sudassana 13. A palace in Reṇuvatī occupied by Vimala (7). Ap.i.61.

Sudassana 14. A Deva king of Sudassana pabbata who was a heretic. Piyadassī Buddha visited him, refuted his views, and converted him with his ninety crores of followers. Bv.xiv.4f.; Bv­a.173.

Sudassana 15. A seṭṭhi whose daughter gave a meal of milk-rice to Vipassī Buddha. Bv­a.195.

Sudassana 16. A nigama where the daughter of Piyadassī seṭṭhi gave milk-rice to Sikhī Buddha. Bv­a.201.

Sudassana 17. A king of Sarabbavati. He was the Bodhisatta in the time of Vessabhū Buddha. He later renounced his kingdom and became a monk. Bv.xxii.11; Bv­a.207; Ja.i.42.

Sudassana 18. A city near Isipatana where Koṇāgamana Buddha preached (Bv­a.214). Sudassana was an old name for Benares. See Ja.iv.119; v.177.

Sudassana 19. A king of seventy-one kappas ago; a previous birth of Ekasaṅkhiya Thera. Ap.ii.391.

Sudassana 20. One of the disciples of Padumuttara Buddha. He was declared eminent among those who possessed Luck. It was his example which inspired Sīvalī to wish for similar honour. Ap.ii.493.

Sudassana 21. A parkkeeper of Dhaññavatī; he gave grass to Nārada Buddha for his seat. Bv­a.151.

Sudassana 22. Thirty-four kappas ago there were four kings of this name, previous births of Madhupiṇḍika Thera. Ap.i.137.

Sudassana 23. A garland-maker of Haṁsavatī. He gave a jasmine garland to Padumuttara Buddha. He was a former birth of Muṭṭhipupphiya Thera. Ap.i.142; cf. Thag­a.i.127.

Sudassana 24. A Pacceka Buddha of thirty-one kappas ago. Kuṭajapupphiya (Hārita) (Ap.i.451; Thag­a.i.87f.; cf. MN.iii.69,87) and Candana Thera (Thag­a.i.395) met him in Cāvalapabbata (Vassalapabbata) and paid him homage.

Sudassana 25. A Nāgarāja, son of Dhataraṭṭha. He was brother to Bhūridatta. See the Bhūridattajātaka (Ja 543). He is identified with Sāriputta. Ja.vi.219; see also Ja.iv.182.

Sudassana 26. Sudassana Thera. (Ap.164f). Evidently another name for Ugga Thera. Thag­a.i.174f.

Sudassana 27. A vihāra built by the rājā of Sīlavatī as an offering to Bandhura Thera. Thag­a.i.208f.

Sudassana 28. Nephew of Pasenadi. The Buddha taught him a stanza to recite whenever Pasenadi sat down to a meal, in order that the king might observe moderation in eating. For this service Pasenadi paid him one hundred kahāpaṇas a day. SN.i.82; Dhp­a.iii.264f. This story is also given at Dhp­a.iv.15f., but there the nephew is called Uttara.

Sudassana 29. called Sudassanakūṭa, Sudassanagiri, Sudassanasiluccaya. The first of the five mountain ranges surrounding Anotatta. It is of a golden colour, two hundred leagues in height, and bent inwards like a crow’s beak (Snp­a.ii.437; cf. 443; AN­a.ii.759; Ja.vi.125). Dīpaṅkara Buddha held an assembly of his monks there. Bv.ii.200.

Sudassana 30. The personal attendant of Piyadassī Buddha. Thag­a.i.230.

Sudassana 31. A king of the dynasty of Mahā Sammata. Mhv.ii.5; Dpv.iii.7.

Sudassana 32. The name given to the city of the gods (Devanagara). Ja.ii.114; Bv­a.67, etc.

Sudassanā 01. Mother of Atthadassī Buddha. Bv.xv.14; Ja.i.39.

Sudassanā 02. Wife of Revata Buddha, in his last lay life. Bv.vi.18.

Sudassanā 03. See Sutanū.