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1. Yaññadatta. A brahmin, father of Konāgamana Buddha. D.ii.7; J. i.43; Bu.xxiv.17.

2. Yaññadatta. Son of Ani Mandavya. While he was playing, his ball rolled into an anthill, and, all unsuspecting, he put his hand in and was bitten by a snake. He was cured by "Acts of Truth" performed by his parents and by Kanha Dīpāyana (J.iv.30f).

See the Kanhadīpāyana Jātaka. He is identified with Rāhula. J. iv.37.


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