1. Mahápanáda. Son of Suruci and king of Mithilá. He owned a palace one hundred storeys high, all of emerald; it was one thousand bow-shots (twenty five leagues) high and sixteen broad and held six thousand musicians.
Mahápanáda was a previous birth of Bhaddaji. See the Mahápanáda Játaka and also Kosalá. See also Sankha (3).
2. Mahápanáda. A primeval king, descendant of Mahásammata. Mhv.ii.4; Dpv.iii.7.