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1. Pandara, Pandaraka

A Nāga king. See Pandara Jātaka.

2. Pandara

The name of the horse ridden by Mangala Buddha when he left household life. BuA.116.

3. Pandara

A clan of elephants, each having the strength of one thousand men. UdA.403; VibhA.397; AA.ii.822.

4. Pandara

The name of a gotta. An ascetic of this clan, hearing Phussa Thera preach, asked him a question which led to a long explanation by Phussa (Thag.vs.949; ThagA.ii.82ff). It is said that the gotta had, as ancestor, a sage named Pandara. v.1. Pandarasa.

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