Roja

A primeval king, son of Mahā Sammata, and, therefore, an ancestor of the Sākiyans.

mentioned 38 times in the Pāḷi canon and commentaries.

Often named with

• Ānanda (4)
• Mahāsammata (4)
• Mandhātar (4)
• Vararoja (4)
• Mandhātā (3)
• Varamandhātā (3)
• Ānandā (2)
• Cittā (2)
• Hatthinika (2)
• Karakaṇḍu (2)
• Kusinārā (2)
• Maghadeva (2)
• Okkāmukha (2)
• Vijitasena (2)

Mentioned in

• Vinayapiṭaka · Mahāvaggapāḷi: 28
• Vinayapiṭaka · Mahāvagga-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Dīghanikāya · Sīlakkhandhavagga-aṭṭhakathā: 2
• Khuddakanikāya · Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā: 2
• Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā: 5

Others of this name

• Roja: A city in India, the capital of Naradeva and six of his descendants (Mhv-ṭ.128;