Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c26.183
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c26.183
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v2.c26.183
This is evidently the same story as that related in the Mahā Sutasoma Jātaka.² There Nanda is said to have learnt the stanzas from Kassapa Buddha, and to have come expressly to Indapatta in order to teach them to Sutasoma. Nanda is identified with Ānanda.³ 16. Nanda.—Called Nandakumāra. A brahmin ascetic, brother of the Bodhisatta in his birth as Sona. Nanda is identified with Ānanda. For details see Sona-Nanda Jātaka.¹