Vedehamuni untranslated

Vedehamuni. A name given to Ānanda. (SN.i.215, 219; cf. Mhv.iii.36; Ap.i.7; Dhs-a., p.1). The Commentary explains Vedeha by paṇḍita. (Vedehamunino ti paṇḍitamunino. Pandito hi ñāṇasaṅkhātena vedena īhati sabbakiccāni karoti, tasmā vedeho ti vuccati. Vedeho ca so muni cā ti Vedehamuni, Vedehamuni means “the wise sage”. For a wise one (paṇḍita) accomplishes all tasks through knowledge (veda) called wisdom (ñāṇa); therefore he is called “Vedeha”. And he is both “Vedeha” and a “sage” (muni) – thus Vedehamuni).

The Apadāna Commentary (Ap­a.i.106), however, gives another explanation, according to which Ānanda was the son of a Videha lady (Videharaṭṭhe jātā, tassā deviyā putto, he was the son of a queen born in the Videha country). SN­a.ii.132; cf. Mhv­ṭ.149 (vedena paññāya īhati pavattatī ti vedeho, he progresses and operates through knowledge and wisdom – therefore he is called Vedeha).