[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.c7.172 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.172 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.172 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.172) \*\*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\*\*. - [Previous: v1.c7.171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.171) - [Next: v1.c7.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.173) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.172) · Pramāṇa