Pali Proper Names — S

• Sāgala, Sāgalā
• Sāgalikā, Sāgaliyā
• Sāgara
• Sāgara Brahmadatta. The son of Brahmadatta and a Nāga maiden. For his story see the Bhūridatta Jātaka.
• Sagara. A mythical king of the line of Okkāka. He had sixty thousand sons, who ruled in as many towns in Jambudīpa. Cv.lxxxvii.34; the legend of Sagara and his sons is given in the Mahābhārata (iii.106ff.).
• Sagaradeva
• Sāgaradeva. A king descended from Mahāsammata. His father was Sāgara and his son Bharata. Dpv.iii.6; Mhv.ii.4.
• Sāgaramatī. Another name for Sāriputta Thera of Ceylon (q.v.).
• Sāgata
• Sagātha Vagga 1. The first section of the Samyutta Nikāya.
• Sagātha Vagga 2. The first chapter of the Vedanā Samyutta. S.iv.204 16.
• Sagāthapuññābhisanda Vagga. The fifth chapter of the Sotāpatti Samyutta. S.v.399 404.
• Sagga. A minstrel of Tamba, king of Benares. See the Sussondī Jātaka.
• Sāgiri.-A monastery near Punnasālakotthaka. It was the residence of Bahulamassutissa. Ras.ii.128.
• Sahabhū. A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.260; DA.ii.690.
• Sahadeva
• Sahadhammā. A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.260; DA.ii.690.
• Sahajāti, Sahajātā
• Sahaka Thera. He was a member of the Order in the time of Kassapa Buddha, and, having developed the first jhāna, was born after death, in the Brahma-world, where he is known as Sahampati. SA.i.155; SNA.i.476.
• Sahakapati. See Sahampati.
• Sahalī. A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.259; DA.ii.690.
• Sahali. A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veluvana, in the company of several other Devas, and spoke a verse in praise of Makkhali. S.i.65f.
• Sahampati
• Sahañcanika. Evidently a wrong reading for Sahajāti.
• Sahannagara. A village in Ceylon, given by Jetthatissa III. to the Mayettikassapavāsa vihāra. Cv.xliv.100.
• Sāhasamalla
• Sahassa Sutta
• Sahassa Vagga. The eighth chapter of the Dhammapada.
• Sahassaka (Rājakārāma) Vagga. The second chapter of the Sotāpatti Samyutta. S.v.360ff.
• Sahassakkha. A name of Sakka.
• Sahassanetta. A name for Sakka.
• Sahassāra. A king of eleven kappas ago, a previous birth of Sumanāveliya Thera. Ap.i.247.
• Sahassarāja
• Sahassaratha. Fifteen kappas ago there were seven kings of this name, previous births of Kumudamāliya Thera. Ap.i.187.
• Sahassatittha
• Sahassavatthu atthakathā, Sahassavatthuppakarana. A book mentioned in the Mahāvamsa Tīkā as being one of its sources (E.g., p. 451, 452, 607). It was evidently a collection of legends and folk tales, and probably, formed the basis of the Rasavāhinī and the Singhalese Saddhamālankāraya. P.L.C.224f.
• Sahassayāga Sutta
• Sahāya Sutta. The Buddha speaks in praise of two monks, comrades of Mahā Kappina. They have achieved the goal for which clansmen leave home. S.ii.285.
• Sahodaragāma. A village in Rohana where Rakkha, general of Parakkamabāhu I., fought a battle. Cv.lxxiv.78.
• Sājīva Sutta
• Sajjā. One of the four daughters of Vessavana. (VvA.371). See Latā.
• Sajjanela. A Koliyan village, the residence of Suppavāsā Koliya dhītā, mother of Sīvalī. The Buddha is said to have stayed there. A.ii.62.
• Sajjha Sutta. Contains the story of Sajjha’s visit to the Buddha. A.iv.371.
• Sajjha. A Paribbājaka who visited the Buddha at Gijjhakūta. The Buddha told him of the nine standards which an arahant monk cannot possibly transgress. A.iv.371.
• Sajjhadāyaka Thera. An arahant, evidently identical with Mudita Thera. v.l. Pacchidāyaka. Ap.i.284f.; ThagA.i.401.
• Sajjhāya Sutta. See Dhamma Sutta (4).
• Sakā. A tribe, mentioned in a list. The name probably refers to the Scythians. Mil. 327, 331.
• Sākacchā Sutta 1. Five qualities in a monk which justify his talking to his fellows on the good life. A.iii.81.
• Sākacchā Sutta 2. The same, mentioned by Sāriputta. A.iii.190.
• Sakacittaniya Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago, in the time of Sikhī Buddha, he made a thūpa of bamboos in the name of the Buddha and offered flowers to it. Eighty kappas ago he was a king. Ap.i.111f.
• Sakalikā Sutta
• Sakata. A Yakkha who, with five thousand others, guarded the fifth door of Jotīya’s palace. v.l. Kasakanda. DhA.iv. 209.
• Sākavatthu vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon, founded by Dāthopatissa I. Cv.xliv.135.
• Sāketa
• Sāketa Jātaka (No. 68, 237)
• Sāketa Tissa Thera
• Sāketabrāhmana Vatthu. The story of the brahmin of Sāketa who called himself the Buddha’s father. See the Sāketa Jātaka. DhA.iii.317f.
• Sāketaka. An inhabitant of Sāketa. Mil.p.331.
• Sāketa-pañha
• Sākha 1. A deer, a previous birth of Devadatta. See the Nigrodhamiga Jātaka. J.i.149 ff.; cf. DhA.i.148; Mtu.i.359.
• Sākha 2. A setthiputta of Rājagaha, a former birth of Devadatta. For his story see the Nigrodha Jātaka. J.iv.37ff.; cf. Mil.203.
• Sakhā Sutta
• Sākhāpattagāma. A village in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxiv.166; see Cv.Trs.ii.36, n.5.
• Sakimsammajjaka Thera. An arahant. He saw the Pātali bodhi of Vipassī Buddha and swept around it and paid it honour. On the way home he was killed by a python. Ap.i.378f.
• Sakiyā, Sakka, Sākyā
• Sākiyā. See Sakyā.
• Sākiyavamsa vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon. Maliyadeva Thera once preached there the Cha Cakka Sutta, and sixty monks, hearing him, became arahants. MA.ii.1024.
• Sakka
• Sakkā Sutta
• Sakkā. See Sakyā.
• Sakkacca Sutta. Four qualities, including zeal, desirable in those who practise meditation. S.iii.267, 271, 277.
• Sakkacca Vagga. The fourth section of the Sekhiyā in the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.iv.191 4.
• Sakkadattiya. This word, occurring several times in the Jātaka, is evidently not a name but an adjective, meaning “provided by Sakka.” E.g., J.iii.463; iv. 489; vi. 21, etc.
• Sakkaganga.-A river in Ceylon. Ras.ii.184.
• Sakkanamassa Sutta
• Sakkapabba. A section of the Vessantara Jātaka, dealing with the story of Sakka obtaining from Vessantara his queen Maddī as handmaiden and his restoration of her to Vessantara. J.vi.573.
• Sakkapañha Sutta
• Sakkāra. See Sakkhara.
• Sakkasenāpati. An office granted by Kassapa V. to his son, who was entrusted with the care of the Dhammapotthaka (?) Kassapa’s wife was Devā. The prince was later sent to India to help the Pandu king aggainst the king of Cola. There he died of the upasagga plague. Cv.lii.52, 62, 72ff.
• Sakkata. A Yakkha who, with five hundred others, stood guard over the fifth gates of Jotiya’s palace. v.l. Kasakanda. DhA.iv.209.
• Sakkatvā Sutta. Sāriputta, seated in seclusion and pondering as to whom a monk should respect and rely on, finds, in answer, that a monk should respect and revere the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, and should rely on goodwill. He visits the Buddha and consults him, and the Buddha tells him that his conclusions are correct. A.iv.120f.
• Sakkāya Sutta
• Sakkhara. v.l. Sakkara. A township of the Sākyans where the Buddha once stayed with Ānanda (S.v.2). It was not far from Rājagaha and was the residence of Macchariya Kosiya (DhA.i.367; J.i.345). It was forty five yojanas from Jetavana. J.i.348.
• Sakkharālayagangā. A river in Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxii.29; see Cv.Trs.i.322, n. 1.
• Sakkharasobbha. A port in Rohana where Ilanāga landed on his return from India to Ceylon. Mhv.xxxv. 28.
• Sakkhi Sutta. A monk who does not know, for a fact, what things partake of failure, of stability, distinction and penetration, and is not strenuous, zealous, or helpful such a one is incapable (abhabba) of any achievement. A.iii.426.
• Sakkodana. A Sākiyan, one of the five sons of Sīhahanu and Kaccānā (Mhv.ii.20; Dpv.iii.45). He was brother to Suddhodana, the Buddha’s father. MA.i.289.
• Sākkunda. A grove near the Sakkharālayagangā. It is mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxii.29.
• Sakkupatthāna Vatthu. The story of Sakka ministering to the Buddha in his last illness. DhA.iii.269f.
• Sakota, or Korandadāyaka Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he saw the footprint of Sikhī Buddha and worshipped it, covering it with koranda flowers. Ap.i.283.
• Sakulā
• Sakula 1. A city in Mahimsakarattha. J.v.337.
• Sakula 2. A king of Sakula. See the Cullahamsa Jātaka. He is identified with Sāriputta. J.v.337, 353.
• Sākulā. A tribe mentioned in a nominal list. Ap.ii.358.
• Sakuludāyī
• Sakuna Jātaka (No. 36)
• Sakunagghi Jātaka (No. 168)
• Sakunagghi Sutta. See Sakunovāda Sutta.
• Sakunovāda Sutta
• Sākyā. See Sakyā.
• Sakyamuni. An epithet of the Buddha. See Bu.xxvi.9; Mil. 115.
• Sakyaputtiyā. The name given to the monks of the Buddha’s Order, as followers of Sakyamuni. E.g., Ud.iv.8; D.iii.84.
• Sālā
• Sala Vagga. The tenth chapter of the Salāyatana Sutta. S.iv.70 85.
• Sāla. Brother of Paduma Buddha and, later, his Chief Disciple. The people of Usabhavatī gave him a special kathina robe, in the making of which the Buddha himself assisted. Bu.ix.21; BuA.147f.
• Sālaggāma
• Sālaka Jātaka (No. 249)
• Sālaka. A monkey. See the Sālaka Jātaka.
• Sālakusumiya Thera. An arahant. One hundred thousand kappas ago he offered a Sāla flower to the thūpa of a Buddha. Ap.ii.407.
• Salalāgāra
• Salalaghara. See Salalāgāra.
• Salalamāliya Thera. An arahant. Evidently identical with Samiddhi Thera (q.v.). Ap.i.206.
• Salalamandapiya Thera. An arahant. Evidently identical with Kimbila Thera (q.v.). Ap.i.333.
• Salalapupphiya Thera
• Salalavatī 1. A. river, forming the boundary on the south east side of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197; DA.i.173; J.i.49.
• Salalavatī 2. A canal branching off from the Kīlakaruyyāna sluice of the Parakamasamudda. Cv.lxxix.43.
• Sālamandapiya Thera. An arahant (Ap.i.431f). He is evidently identical with Tissa Thera (see Tissa 12). ThagA.i.272f.
• Sālapādapasobbha. A swamp over which Devappatirāja built a bridge of one hundred and fifty cubits. Cv.lxxxvi.42.
• Sālapupphadāyaka Thera. An arahant (Ap.i.169). He is evidently identical with Ajjuna Thera ThagA.i.186.
• Salapupphikā Therī. An arahant. Evidently identical with Sāmā (q.v.). Ap.ii.524.
• Sālapupphiya Thera
• Sālavāna vihāra
• Sālavati
• Sālavatikā, Sālavatī. A Kosalan village, given by Pasenadi to the brahmin Lohicca. There the Lohicca Sutta was preached (D.i.224). It was so called because sāla trees grew within its boundary. DA.ii.395.
• Salāyatana Samyutta. The thirty fifth division of the Samyutta Nikāya. S.iv.1 204.
• Salāyatana Vagga 1. The fifteenth section of the Majjhima Nikāya. M.iii.258 302.
• Salāyatana Vagga 2. The fourth section of the Samyutta Nikāya. S.iv.1 403.
• Salāyatana Vibhanga Sutta
• Sāleyyaka Sutta. The inhabitants of Sālā ask the Buddha why some are born after death in places of woe and others in places of joy. The Buddha explains that it is due to their deeds, good or bad. M.i.285ff.
• Sāleyyakā. The inhabitants of Sālā. M.i.285.
• Sālha
• Sāli, Sāliya
• Sāligāma. A carpenter’s village near the west gate of Anurādhapura. It was the birthplace of Asokamālā. MT. 606, 607.
• Sāligiri. A village, given by Parakkamabāhu IV. for the maintenance of the Parakkamabāhupāsāda. Cv.xc.97; for identification see Cv.Trs.ii.209, n. 6.
• Sālikedāra Jātaka (No. 484)
• Sālindiya. A brahmin village of Magadha to the north east of Rājagaha. It was the residence of the brahmin Kosiyagotta. J.iv.276; cf. J.iii.293.
• Sālipabbata vihāra
• Sālipota. A park laid out by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxix.10.
• Sālissara. A sage; the chief disciple of the Bodhisatta in his birth as Sarabhanga. For his story see the Sarabhanga and Indriya (No. 423) Jātakas. He is identified with Sāriputta. J.iii.469; v.151.
• Sālittaka Jātaka (No.107)
• Sāliya
• Sāliya Jātaka (No. 367)
• Sāliyā. One of the chief women supporters of Dhammadassī Buddha. Bu.xvi.20.
• Salla Sutta
• Sallattena Sutta. The noble disciple weeps not, nor grieves, when afflicted with pain, because, though hurt physically, mentally he is free. He is like a man pierced with only a single barb. v.l. Sallena Sutta. S.iv.207f.
• Sallekha Sutta
• Sallena Sutta. See Sallattena Sutta.
• Sālūka Jātaka (No. 286)
• Sālūka. A pig. See the Sālūka Jātaka.