[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.c31.56 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.56 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.56 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.56) 1. Makhādeva.—King, son of Sāgaradeva, in the direct line from Mahāsammata. He was a great and liberal ruler, and his sons and grandsons, eighty-four thousand in number, reigned in Mithilā, the last of them being Nemiya, son of Kalārajanaka.¹ His dynasty was followed by that of Okkāka, so that he is one of the ancestors of the Sākyans.² See also Makhādeva Jātaka and Makhādeva Sutta. Makhādeva is identified with the Bodhisatta. In a later birth he became Nimi (q.v.). v.l. Maghādeva. - [Previous: v2.c31.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.55) - [Next: v2.c31.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.57) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.56) · Pramāṇa