1. Ajjuna-Thera. Son of a councillor of Sávatthi. In his youth he first joined the Order of the Niganthas; being dissatisfied, he was won over by the Buddha's Twin-miracle and, entering the Order, reached arahantship (Thag.v.88; ThagA.i.186). He is evidently to be identified with Sálapupphadáyaka Thera of the Apadána (i.169).
In Vipassí Buddha's time he was born as a lion and gave the Buddha a flowering branch of a sala-tree.
He was also once a cakkavattí, named Verocana.
2. Ajjuna.-A Pacceka Buddha, who lived ninety-one kappas ago. Panasaphaladáyaka Thera (q.v.) gave him a ripe jackfruit. Ap.i.297.
3. Ajjuna.-A Pacceka Buddha who lived ninety-four kappas ago. Ajelaphaladáyaka Thera gave him an of ajela-fruit. Ap.ii.446.
4. Ajjuna.-The seventh son of Devagabbhá and Upaságara ; one of the Andhakavenhuputtá. J.iv.81; Pv.93.
5. Ajjuna.-King of the Kekaká, and a great archer. He annoyed the sage Gotama and was destroyed in spite of his bulk and his thousand arms (J.v.267). In the Sarabhanga Játaka he is mentioned as having sinned against Angírasa (J.v.135; also DA.i.266). He is identified with Arjuna, called Kártavíraya of the Kathásaritságara (ii.639), and in the Uttarakanda of the Rámáyana (Sarga 32).
He used to offer sacrifices to the gods (J.vi.201).
6. Ajjuna.-The eldest of the five sons of King Pandu, all of whom were married to Kanhá. On discovering her liason with a hunchbacked slave and her treachery towards themselves, they gave her up and retired to Himavá (J.v.425f). Ajjuna was previous birth of the bird-king Kunála (J.v.427).