Vessantara

name of a prince; previous incarnation of the Buddha

mentioned 337 times in the Pāḷi canon and commentaries.

Often named with

• Maddī (23)
• Jūjaka (7)
• Nāgasena (5)
• Sivī (5)
• Jāli (4)
• Kaṇhājinā (4)
• Sivi (4)
• Kuṇḍalinī (3)
• Sakka (3)
• Siviraṭṭha (3)
• Gandhamādana (2)
• Kontimārā (2)
• Nimi (2)
• Sānupabbata (2)
• Sineru (2)
• Sudinna (2)
• Vaṅkagiri (2)
• Velāma (2)

Mentioned in

• Khuddakanikāya · Cariyāpiṭakapāḷi: 3
• Khuddakanikāya · Jātakapāḷi: 76
• Khuddakanikāya · Milindapañhapāḷi: 59
• Vinayapiṭaka · Pārājikakaṇḍa-aṭṭhakathā: 2
• Dīghanikāya · Sīlakkhandhavagga-aṭṭhakathā: 3
• Majjhimanikāya · Mūlapaṇṇāsa-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Khuddakanikāya · Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Khuddakanikāya · Cariyāpiṭaka-aṭṭhakathā: 16
• Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā: 175
• Khuddakanikāya · Mahāniddesa-aṭṭhakathā: 1

Others of this name

• Vessantara: An owl, identified with Sāriputta (Ja.v.125).