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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Bhaddasala. One of the chief disciples of Narada Buddha (J.i.37; Bu.x.23).
He was a brahmin of Thullakotthita and, together with his friend Vijitamitta, he went in search of the Lake of Immortality (Amatarahada). During their travels they met Narada Buddha and entered the Order under him, later becoming arahants. BuA.154.
2. Bhaddasala. A dryad; see the Bhaddasala Jataka.
3. Bhaddasala Thera. An arahant. He accompanied Mahinda to Ceylon (Mhv.xii.7; Dpv.xii. 12, 38; Sp.i. 62, 70). Sirimeghavanna made an image of him and placed it in a shrine near his palace. v.1. Bhaddanama. Cv.xxxvii.87.
4. Bhaddasala. A tree in the Rakkhitavanasanda in the Parileyyaka forest where the Buddha stayed during his retirement. Ud.iv.5; Vin.i.352.
5. Bhaddasala. A general of King Nanda; he waged war against Candagutta. In that war took place eighty Corpse Danees, where headless corpses arose and danced in frenzy over the battle field. Mil.292.
6. Bhaddasala Thera. A monk of Ceylon. Mahasiva was greatly devoted to him, and built for him the Nagarangana vihara to the east of Anuradhapura. Mhv.xxi.2.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Full-text: Vijitamitta, Rakkhita Vanasanda, Jantapadima, Thullakotthita, Amata Sutta, Kukkura Jataka, Parileyya, Candagutta, Mahinda, Mahashiva, Narada, Mahakapi Jataka, Kaka Jataka.
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The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 7: Kaṭṭhahāri-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 140: Kāka-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 22: Kukkura-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)
Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
On going to Pārileyyaka < [10. The monks from Kosambī (Kosambaka)]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Buddha Chronicle 9: Nārada Buddhavaṃsa < [Chapter 9 - The chronicle of twenty-four Buddhas]
Part 3 - The story of Pālileyyaka elephant < [Chapter 28 - The Buddha’s Tenth Vassa at Pālileyyaka Forest]
Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)
Clans and Gana-Sanghas < [Chapter 1 - Political Formation at the time of Buddha]
State formation < [Chapter 1 - Political Formation at the time of Buddha]
Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Various other 22 Buddhas < [Part 1 - Remote preface (dūre-nidāna)]