Ajjuna
1. Ajjuna-Thera. Son of a councillor of SÄvatthi. In his youth he first joined the Order of the Nigaṇá¹has; being dissatisfied, he was won over by the Buddha’s Twin-miracle and, entering the Order, reached Arahantship (Thag.v.88; ThagA.i.186). He is evidently to be identified with SÄlapupphadÄyaka Thera of the ApadÄna (i.169).
In Vipassī Buddha’s time he was born as a lion and gave the Buddha a flowering branch of a sala-tree.
He was also once a cakkavattī, named Verocana.
2. Ajjuna.- A Pacceka Buddha, who lived ninety-one world-cycles ago. PanasaphaladÄyaka Thera (q.v.) gave him a ripe jackfruit. Ap.i.297.
3. Ajjuna.- A Pacceka Buddha who lived ninety-four world-cycles ago. AjelaphaladÄyaka Thera gave him an ajela-fruit. Ap.ii.446.
4. Ajjuna.- The seventh son of DevagabbhÄ and UpasÄgara; one of the AndhakavenhuputtÄ. J.iv.81; Pv.93.
5. Ajjuna.- King of the KekakÄ, and a great archer. He annoyed the sage Gotama and was destroyed in spite of his bulk and his thousand arms (J.v.267). In the Sarabhaá¹…ga JÄtaka he is mentioned as having sinned against Aá¹…gÄ«rasa (J.v.135; also DA.i.266). He is identified with Arjuna, called KÄrtavÄ«raya of the KathÄsaritsÄgara (ii.639), and in the Uttarakanda of the RÄmÄyana (Sarga 32).
He used to offer sacrifices to the gods (J.vi.201).
6. Ajjuna.- The eldest of the five sons of King Paṇá¸u, all of whom were married to KaṇhÄ. On discovering her liason with a hunch-backed slave and her treachery towards themselves, they gave her up and retired to HimavÄ (J.v.425f). Ajjuna was previous birth of the bird-king KunÄla (J.v.427).
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