A

B

C

D

E

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

Y

?

Home page Up (parent) Next (right) Previous (left) Abbreviations


Page last updated on 8 October, 2020

Association for Insight Meditation Home Page

Mañcadāyaka

1. Mañcadāyaka Thera.– An Arahant. In the time of Siddhattha Buddha he was an outcaste (caṇḍāla), and made a lintel which he offered to the Order. He was fifty times king of the gods and eighty times king of men. Ap.ii.377 f.

2. Mañcadāyaka Thera v.l. Pecchadāyaka°.– An Arahant Thera. Ninety-one world-cycles ago he gave a bed to Vipassī Buddha (Ap.ii.455). He is probably identical with Sāmaññakāni Thera (ThagA.i.99).