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महानाम (mahAnAma)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Mahānāma(n),
(1) regularly °ma, in Mv the name of Yaśodharāʼs father, a Śākyan noble: Mv 〔ii.48.7〕
〔73.4 ff.〕 (refuses the first request to give his daughter to the Bodhisattva)
identified with characters in stories of the past, 〔ii.114.17〕
〔496.11〕
〔iii.26.12〕
〔152.16〕
(2) (= Pali Mahānāma 3 in DPPN, son of Amitodana and brother of Anuruddha), n. of a disciple of the Buddha, seemingly not to be identified with (3): son of Amṛtodana, brother of Anuruddha and Bhaṭṭika, Mv 〔iii.177.2 ff.〕 (stem °ma)
mentioned with Bhadrika (3) and Aniruddha LV 〔229.12〕 (stem °man)
Mvy 〔3607〕 (nom. °maḥ):
(3) (= Pali °ma 2 in DPPN), n. of one of the five bhadravargīya monks
[Page423-b] seems not the same as (2), tho in some lists of disciples, e.g. Divy below, his name occurs at the end of a list (partial or complete) of these five, but also just before Aniruddha (like 2): stem °ma, Mv 〔iii.329.1〕
〔337.6〕
〔339.1〕
Mvy 〔1044〕 (°maḥ
prob. belongs here
the names of the five monks are not grouped together in this list)
stem °man, SP 〔1.10〕
LV 〔1.7〕
Sukh 〔2.3〕
stem °ma- in comp., Divy 〔182.21〕
〔268.6〕
Av 〔ii.134.12〕. In Śikṣ 〔69.4〕, cited from Pravrajyāntarāyasūtra, voc. Mahānāman, prob. addressed to (2) or (3) but unidentifiable
(4) n. of a Licchavi of Vaiśālī (cf. Pali Mahānāma 4 in DPPN): MSV 〔ii.15.17 ff.〕