1. Mahásubhaddá. Chief wife of the Bodhisatta when he was the elephant king Chaddanta. J.v.37, 39.


2. Mahásubhaddá. Eldest daughter of Anáthapindika. Before her marriage she waited on the monks who came to her father's house and became a sotápanna (DhA.i.128; J.i.93). According to the Anguttara Commentary (AA.i.146, 148f ) she married an unbeliever, a householder of Ugganagara, and the Buddha, at her request, went to her house with five hundred monks (chief among whom was Kundadhána) to receive alms. But see Cúla Subhaddá.


3. Mahásubhaddá. Chief queen of Mahásudassana (q.v.). A ii.189; S.iii.145; J.i.392, calls her Subhaddá.


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