[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.c7.181 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.181 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.181 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.181) 1. \*\*Ādiccabandhu.\*\*—An often-used epithet of the Buddha.¹ The \*Vimanavatthu Commentary\*² says that Ādicca (the Sun) belonged to the \*\*Gota-magotta\*\*, as did also the Buddha, hence his epithet Ādiccabandhu; other explanations are given in the same context: the Buddha is born in the same \*ariyā jāti\* and is the descendant of the Sun (\*tam paṭicca tassa ariyāya jātiya jātattā\*), or the Sun is the Buddha’s kinsman because the Sun is the Buddha’s \*orasaputta\* (breast-born son) inasmuch as the Sun is the Buddha’s disciple. It is in this sense that in the \*Saṃyutta Nikāya\*³ the Buddha speaks of the sun as “\*mama pajā\*,” which Buddhaghosa⁴ explains as meaning disciple and spiritual son. Ādicca is described as \*tapatam mukham\* (chief of heat-producing things).⁵ - [Previous: v1.c7.180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.180) - [Next: v1.c7.182](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.182) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.181) · Pramāṇa