Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.172

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**Ādicca.**—Another name for Suriya, the Sun.¹ Buddhaghosa explains the name as meaning Aditi's son (*Aditiyā putto*). Ādicca was also the gotta-name of the Sākyans who were called the Ādicca.² Buddhaghosa³ gives it as a gotta-name of the Khattiyas, together with **Koṇḍañña-gotta**. See also below, s.v. **Ādiccabandhu**.