[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c17.41 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c17.41 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c17.41 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17.41) 3. \*\*Chaddanta.\*\*—A tribe of elephants, of which tribe the Bodhisatta was once born as king (see No. 4). The Chaddantas and the \*\*Uposathas\*\* are the two highest classes of elephant.¹ The Chaddantakula sometimes provides the \*hatthiratana\* for a Cakkavatti, in which case it is the youngest of the tribe who so functions.² Of the ten tribes of elephants enumerated in the books³ the Chaddanta is classed as the highest, and the Buddha possesses the strength of ten Chaddanta-elephants, each elephant having the strength of ten thousand million men.⁴ These elephants have the power of travelling through the air and are white in hue.⁵ - [Previous: v1.c17.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17.40) - [Next: v1.c17.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17.42) - [Up: v1.c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17.41) · Pramāṇa