Asita

name of an ascetic; Asita Devala; previous incarnation of the Buddha

mentioned 20 times in the Pāḷi canon and commentaries.

Often named with

• Kāḷadevala (4)
• Assalāyana (3)
• Isipatana (2)
• Nālaka (2)
• Padumuttara (2)

Mentioned in

• Majjhimanikāya · Majjhimapaṇṇāsapāḷi: 7
• Aṅguttaranikāya · Pañcakanipātapāḷi: 1
• Khuddakanikāya · Suttanipātapāḷi: 2
• Khuddakanikāya · Jātakapāḷi: 1
• Majjhimanikāya · Majjhimapaṇṇāsa-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Khuddakanikāya · Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā: 7
• Khuddakanikāya · Theragāthā-aṭṭhakathā: 1

Others of this name

• Asita: name of a privately awakened Buddha