Vidhura untranslated

Vidhura 01. A Brahmin, chaplain of the king of Benares. For details see the Sambhavajātaka (Ja 515). He is identified with Mahā Kassapa (Ja.v.67). Vidhura’s son was Bhadrakāra. Ja.v.60.

Vidhura 02. The Bodhisatta born as the minister of Dhanañjaya Korabba. See the Vidhurapaṇḍitajātaka (Ja 545).

His father was the Brahmin Canda (Ja.vi.262), and he owned three palaces: Koñca, Mayūra and Piyaketa (Ja.vi.289). Anujjā was his wife and Cetā his daughter-in-law; among his sons was Dhammapāla (Ja.vi.290). In one place (Ja.vi.301) he is spoken of as having one thousand wives and seven hundred female slaves.

The Vidhurapaṇḍita of the Dhūmakārijātaka (Ja 413) is probably identical with the above, as also the minister of the same name in the Dasabrāhmaṇajātaka (Ja 495). The latter contains a long discussion between Vidhūra and the Korabba king regarding the qualities of a true Brahmin.

Vidhura 03. The Milindapañha (p.202) refers to a birth of the Bodhisatta in which he was a wise man (paṇḍita) named Vidhura. At that time Devadatta, although a jackal, brought the kings of all Jambudīpa under his sway. The reference is evidently to the Sabbadāṭhajātaka (Ja 241), but there the Bodhisatta’s name is not given.

Vidhura 04. See also Vidhūra.

Vidhūra 01. One of the two chief disciples of Kakusandha Buddha (DN.ii.4; SN.ii.191; Bv.xxiii.20. Ja.i.42).

He received his name because he was a peerless preacher of the Dhamma (MN.i.333; quoted at Paṭis-a.p. 496).

Vidhūra 02. See Vidhura.