མེས་སྦྱིན། | Glossary of Terms

མེས་སྦྱིན།

mes sbyin

agnidatta

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Agnidatta (father of Śiṣyaka)

The Hundred Deeds

Agnidatta (father of Śiṣyaka)

མེས་སྦྱིན།

mes sbyin

agnidatta

Definition in this text:

A certain brahmin who in the future will be from the country of Pāṭaliputra, a master of the Vedas, and father of Śiṣyaka.

Not to be confused with Agnidatta (of Vārāṇasī), one of the magistrates of King Brahmadatta (past), nor with Agnidatta of the royal palace Śobhāvatī.

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