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Piṅgala

1. Piṅgala. See the Mahā Piṅgala Jātaka.

2. Piṅgala. A cow killing huntsman, a former birth of Alāta. J.vi.227.

3. Piṅgala. King of Surattha, contemporary of Dhammāsoka, whose adviser he was. One day, as Pingala was returning from Dhammāsoka’s court, the peta Nandaka, father of Uttarā, revealed himself and instructed him to follow the Buddha’s teaching. Pv.iv.3; PvA.244ff.

4. Piṅgala. A race of elephants (MA.i.262; VibhA.397; UdA.403; AA.ii.822), each having the strength of one hundred thousand men. BuA.37.

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera