Pali Proper Names

• Ságala, Ságalá
• Ságaliká, Ságaliyá
• Ságara
• Ságara Brahmadatta. The son of Brahmadatta and a Nága maiden. For his story see the Bhúridatta Játaka.
• Sagara. A mythical king of the line of Okkáka. He had sixty thousand sons, who ruled in as many towns in Jambudípa. Cv.lxxxvii.34; the legend of Sagara and his sons is given in the Mahábhárata (iii.106ff.).
• Sagaradeva
• Ságaradeva. A king descended from Mahásammata. His father was Ságara and his son Bharata. Dpv.iii.6; Mhv.ii.4.
• Ságaramatí. Another name for Sáriputta Thera of Ceylon (q.v.).
• Ságata
• Sagátha Vagga 1. The first section of the Samyutta Nikáya.
• Sagátha Vagga 2. The first chapter of the Vedaná Samyutta. S.iv.204 16.
• Sagáthapuññábhisanda Vagga. The fifth chapter of the Sotápatti Samyutta. S.v.399 404.
• Sagga. A minstrel of Tamba, king of Benares. See the Sussondí Játaka.
• Ságiri.-A monastery near Punnasálakotthaka. It was the residence of Bahulamassutissa. Ras.ii.128.
• Sahabhú. A class of Devas present at the preaching of the Mahásamaya Sutta. D.ii.260; DA.ii.690.
• Sahadeva
• Sahadhammá. A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahásamaya Sutta. D.ii.260; DA.ii.690.
• Sahajáti, Sahajátá
• Sahaka Thera. He was a member of the Order in the time of Kassapa Buddha, and, having developed the first jhána, was born after death, in the Brahma-world, where he is known as Sahampati. SA.i.155; SNA.i.476.
• Sahakapati. See Sahampati.
• Sahalí. A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahásamaya Sutta. D.ii.259; DA.ii.690.
• Sahali. A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosála. He visited the Buddha at Veluvana, in the company of several other Devas, and spoke a verse in praise of Makkhali. S.i.65f.
• Sahampati
• Sahañcanika. Evidently a wrong reading for Sahajáti.
• Sahannagara. A village in Ceylon, given by Jetthatissa III. to the Mayettikassapavása vihára. Cv.xliv.100.
• Sáhasamalla
• Sahassa Sutta
• Sahassa Vagga. The eighth chapter of the Dhammapada.
• Sahassaka (Rájakáráma) Vagga. The second chapter of the Sotápatti Samyutta. S.v.360ff.
• Sahassakkha. A name of Sakka.
• Sahassanetta. A name for Sakka.
• Sahassára. A king of eleven kappas ago, a previous birth of Sumanáveliya Thera. Ap.i.247.
• Sahassarája
• Sahassaratha. Fifteen kappas ago there were seven kings of this name, previous births of Kumudamáliya Thera. Ap.i.187.
• Sahassatittha
• Sahassavatthu atthakathá, Sahassavatthuppakarana. A book mentioned in the Mahávamsa Tíká as being one of its sources (E.g., p. 451, 452, 607). It was evidently a collection of legends and folk tales, and probably, formed the basis of the Rasaváhiní and the Singhalese Saddhamálankáraya. P.L.C.224f.
• Sahassayága Sutta
• Saháya Sutta. The Buddha speaks in praise of two monks, comrades of Mahá Kappina. They have achieved the goal for which clansmen leave home. S.ii.285.
• Sahodaragáma. A village in Rohana where Rakkha, general of Parakkamabáhu I., fought a battle. Cv.lxxiv.78.
• Sájíva Sutta
• Sajjá. One of the four daughters of Vessavana. (VvA.371). See Latá.
• Sajjanela. A Koliyan village, the residence of Suppavásá Koliya dhítá, mother of Sívalí. The Buddha is said to have stayed there. A.ii.62.
• Sajjha Sutta. Contains the story of Sajjha’s visit to the Buddha. A.iv.371.
• Sajjha. A Paribbájaka who visited the Buddha at Gijjhakúta. The Buddha told him of the nine standards which an arahant monk cannot possibly transgress. A.iv.371.
• Sajjhadáyaka Thera. An arahant, evidently identical with Mudita Thera. v.l. Pacchidáyaka. Ap.i.284f.; ThagA.i.401.
• Sajjháya Sutta. See Dhamma Sutta (4).
• Saká. A tribe, mentioned in a list. The name probably refers to the Scythians. Mil. 327, 331.
• Sákacchá Sutta 1. Five qualities in a monk which justify his talking to his fellows on the good life. A.iii.81.
• Sákacchá Sutta 2. The same, mentioned by Sáriputta. A.iii.190.
• Sakacittaniya Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago, in the time of Sikhí Buddha, he made a thúpa of bamboos in the name of the Buddha and offered flowers to it. Eighty kappas ago he was a king. Ap.i.111f.
• Sakaliká Sutta
• Sakata. A Yakkha who, with five thousand others, guarded the fifth door of Jotíya's palace. v.l. Kasakanda. DhA.iv. 209.
• Sákavatthu vihára. A monastery in Ceylon, founded by Dáthopatissa I. Cv.xliv.135.
• Sáketa
• Sáketa Játaka (No. 68, 237)
• Sáketa Tissa Thera
• Sáketabráhmana Vatthu. The story of the brahmin of Sáketa who called himself the Buddha's father. See the Sáketa Játaka. DhA.iii.317f.
• Sáketaka. An inhabitant of Sáketa. Mil.p.331.
• Sáketa-pañha
• Sákha 1. A deer, a previous birth of Devadatta. See the Nigrodhamiga Játaka. J.i.149 ff.; cf. DhA.i.148; Mtu.i.359.
• Sákha 2. A setthiputta of Rájagaha, a former birth of Devadatta. For his story see the Nigrodha Játaka. J.iv.37ff.; cf. Mil.203.
• Sakhá Sutta
• Sákhápattagáma. A village in Rohana, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxiv.166; see Cv.Trs.ii.36, n.5.
• Sakimsammajjaka Thera. An arahant. He saw the Pátali bodhi of Vipassí Buddha and swept around it and paid it honour. On the way home he was killed by a python. Ap.i.378f.
• Sakiyá, Sakka, Sákyá
• Sákiyá. See Sakyá.
• Sákiyavamsa vihára. A monastery in Ceylon. Maliyadeva Thera once preached there the Cha Cakka Sutta, and sixty monks, hearing him, became arahants. MA.ii.1024.
• Sakka
• Sakká Sutta
• Sakká. See Sakyá.
• Sakkacca Sutta. Four qualities, including zeal, desirable in those who practise meditation. S.iii.267, 271, 277.
• Sakkacca Vagga. The fourth section of the Sekhiyá in the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.iv.191 4.
• Sakkadattiya. This word, occurring several times in the Játaka, is evidently not a name but an adjective, meaning "provided by Sakka." E.g., J.iii.463; iv. 489; vi. 21, etc.
• Sakkaganga.-A river in Ceylon. Ras.ii.184.
• Sakkanamassa Sutta
• Sakkapabba. A section of the Vessantara Játaka, dealing with the story of Sakka obtaining from Vessantara his queen Maddí as handmaiden and his restoration of her to Vessantara. J.vi.573.
• Sakkapañha Sutta
• Sakkára. See Sakkhara.
• Sakkasenápati. An office granted by Kassapa V. to his son, who was entrusted with the care of the Dhammapotthaka (?) Kassapa's wife was Devá. The prince was later sent to India to help the Pandu king aggainst the king of Cola. There he died of the upasagga plague. Cv.lii.52, 62, 72ff.
• Sakkata. A Yakkha who, with five hundred others, stood guard over the fifth gates of Jotiya's palace. v.l. Kasakanda. DhA.iv.209.
• Sakkatvá Sutta. Sáriputta, seated in seclusion and pondering as to whom a monk should respect and rely on, finds, in answer, that a monk should respect and revere the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, and should rely on goodwill. He visits the Buddha and consults him, and the Buddha tells him that his conclusions are correct. A.iv.120f.
• Sakkáya Sutta
• Sakkhara. v.l. Sakkara. A township of the Sákyans where the Buddha once stayed with Ananda (S.v.2). It was not far from Rájagaha and was the residence of Macchariya Kosiya (DhA.i.367; J.i.345). It was forty five yojanas from Jetavana. J.i.348.
• Sakkharálayagangá. A river in Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxii.29; see Cv.Trs.i.322, n. 1.
• Sakkharasobbha. A port in Rohana where Ilanága landed on his return from India to Ceylon. Mhv.xxxv. 28.
• Sakkhi Sutta. A monk who does not know, for a fact, what things partake of failure, of stability, distinction and penetration, and is not strenuous, zealous, or helpful such a one is incapable (abhabba) of any achievement. A.iii.426.
• Sakkodana. A Sákiyan, one of the five sons of Síhahanu and Kaccáná (Mhv.ii.20; Dpv.iii.45). He was brother to Suddhodana, the Buddha's father. MA.i.289.
• Sákkunda. A grove near the Sakkharálayagangá. It is mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxii.29.
• Sakkupatthána Vatthu. The story of Sakka ministering to the Buddha in his last illness. DhA.iii.269f.
• Sakota, or Korandadáyaka Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago he saw the footprint of Sikhí Buddha and worshipped it, covering it with koranda flowers. Ap.i.283.
• Sakulá
• Sakula 1. A city in Mahimsakarattha. J.v.337.
• Sakula 2. A king of Sakula. See the Cullahamsa Játaka. He is identified with Sáriputta. J.v.337, 353.
• Sákulá. A tribe mentioned in a nominal list. Ap.ii.358.
• Sakuludáyí
• Sakuna Játaka (No. 36)
• Sakunagghi Játaka (No. 168)
• Sakunagghi Sutta. See Sakunováda Sutta.
• Sakunováda Sutta
• Sákyá. See Sakyá.
• Sakyamuni. An epithet of the Buddha. See Bu.xxvi.9; Mil. 115.
• Sakyaputtiyá. The name given to the monks of the Buddha's Order, as followers of Sakyamuni. E.g., Ud.iv.8; D.iii.84.
• Sálá
• Sala Vagga. The tenth chapter of the Saláyatana Sutta. S.iv.70 85.
• Sála. Brother of Paduma Buddha and, later, his Chief Disciple. The people of Usabhavatí gave him a special kathina robe, in the making of which the Buddha himself assisted. Bu.ix.21; BuA.147f.
• Sálaggáma
• Sálaka Játaka (No. 249)
• Sálaka. A monkey. See the Sálaka Játaka.
• Sálakusumiya Thera. An arahant. One hundred thousand kappas ago he offered a Sála flower to the thúpa of a Buddha. Ap.ii.407.
• Salalágára
• Salalaghara. See Salalágára.
• Salalamáliya Thera. An arahant. Evidently identical with Samiddhi Thera (q.v.). Ap.i.206.
• Salalamandapiya Thera. An arahant. Evidently identical with Kimbila Thera (q.v.). Ap.i.333.
• Salalapupphiya Thera
• Salalavatí 1. A. river, forming the boundary on the south east side of Majjhimadesa. Vin.i.197; DA.i.173; J.i.49.
• Salalavatí 2. A canal branching off from the Kílakaruyyána sluice of the Parakamasamudda. Cv.lxxix.43.
• Sálamandapiya Thera. An arahant (Ap.i.431f). He is evidently identical with Tissa Thera (see Tissa 12). ThagA.i.272f.
• Sálapádapasobbha. A swamp over which Devappatirája built a bridge of one hundred and fifty cubits. Cv.lxxxvi.42.
• Sálapupphadáyaka Thera. An arahant (Ap.i.169). He is evidently identical with Ajjuna Thera ThagA.i.186.
• Salapupphiká Therí. An arahant. Evidently identical with Sámá (q.v.). Ap.ii.524.
• Sálapupphiya Thera
• Sálavána vihára
• Sálavati
• Sálavatiká, Sálavatí. A Kosalan village, given by Pasenadi to the brahmin Lohicca. There the Lohicca Sutta was preached (D.i.224). It was so called because sála trees grew within its boundary. DA.ii.395.
• Saláyatana Samyutta. The thirty fifth division of the Samyutta Nikáya. S.iv.1 204.
• Saláyatana Vagga 1. The fifteenth section of the Majjhima Nikáya. M.iii.258 302.
• Saláyatana Vagga 2. The fourth section of the Samyutta Nikáya. S.iv.1 403.
• Saláyatana Vibhanga Sutta
• Sáleyyaka Sutta. The inhabitants of Sálá ask the Buddha why some are born after death in places of woe and others in places of joy. The Buddha explains that it is due to their deeds, good or bad. M.i.285ff.
• Sáleyyaká. The inhabitants of Sálá. M.i.285.
• Sálha
• Sáli, Sáliya
• Sáligáma. A carpenter's village near the west gate of Anurádhapura. It was the birthplace of Asokamálá. MT. 606, 607.
• Sáligiri. A village, given by Parakkamabáhu IV. for the maintenance of the Parakkamabáhupásáda. Cv.xc.97; for identification see Cv.Trs.ii.209, n. 6.
• Sálikedára Játaka (No. 484)
• Sálindiya. A brahmin village of Magadha to the north east of Rájagaha. It was the residence of the brahmin Kosiyagotta. J.iv.276; cf. J.iii.293.
• Sálipabbata vihára
• Sálipota. A park laid out by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxix.10.
• Sálissara. A sage; the chief disciple of the Bodhisatta in his birth as Sarabhanga. For his story see the Sarabhanga and Indriya (No. 423) Játakas. He is identified with Sáriputta. J.iii.469; v.151.
• Sálittaka Játaka (No.107)
• Sáliya
• Sáliya Játaka (No. 367)
• Sáliyá. One of the chief women supporters of Dhammadassí Buddha. Bu.xvi.20.
• Salla Sutta
• Sallattena Sutta. The noble disciple weeps not, nor grieves, when afflicted with pain, because, though hurt physically, mentally he is free. He is like a man pierced with only a single barb. v.l. Sallena Sutta. S.iv.207f.
• Sallekha Sutta
• Sallena Sutta. See Sallattena Sutta.
• Sálúka Játaka (No. 286)
• Sálúka. A pig. See the Sálúka Játaka.