On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c9.s5.73

v1.c9.s5.73

The name Sudāna of the text is explained in a note as meaning "having good teeth", but this, as has been pointed out by others, is evidently wrong. Better renderings are *Shan-yü* and *Shan-shih* (善與 J 施), both meaning liberal or generous. As Sudāna is apparently an epithet for the prince whose name was Viśvantara (Wessantara), so *Shan-ya* or "Good-teeth" may have been the name of the much prized white elephant which the prince gave away to the brahmin from the hostile country.