[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) › v2.c27.1245 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1245 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.1245 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.1245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1245) Pasenadi seems to have enjoyed discussions on topics connected with the Dhamma. Reference has already been made to the Kosala Saṃyutta, which records several conversations which he held with the Buddha when visiting him in Sāvatthi; even when Pasenadi was engaged in affairs of state in other parts of the kingdom, he would visit the Buddha and engage him in conversation if he was anywhere in the neighbourhood. Two such conversations are recorded in the Dhammacetiya Sutta (q.v.) and the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta (q.v.). If the Buddha was not available, he would seek a disciple. Thus the Bāhitika Sutta (q.v.) records a discussion between Pasenadi and Ānanda on the banks of the Aciravatī. Once when Pasenadi was in Toraṇavatthu, midway between Sāketa and Sāvatthi, he heard that Khemā Therī was there, and went at once to visit and talk to her.³⁶ Rhys Davids thinks³⁷ that Pasenadi was evidently an official title³⁸ and that the king’s personal name was Agnidatta. He bases this surmise on the fact that in the Divyāvadāna (p. 620) the king who gave Ukkaṭṭhā to Pokkarasādi is called Agnidatta, while in the Dīgha Nikāya (i. 87) he is called Pasenadi, and that Pasenadi is used as a designation for several kings.³⁹ The evidence is, however, insufficient for any definite conclusion to be drawn. - [Previous: v2.c27.1244](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1244) - [Next: v2.c27.1246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1246) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1245) · Pramāṇa