Kalodayin, Kālodāyin: 5 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kālodāyin (कालोदायिन्).—(= Pali Kāḷudāyin; also called Udāyin, and possibly Udayin, see the former (1); spelling Kālodayin also occurs, see below), a son of Śuddhodana's purohita, playfellow of the Bodhisattva in his youth, who was sent (with Chandaka) as a messenger from Śuddhodana to the Buddha after his enlightenment: Mahāvastu ii.233.11 ff.; iii.91.14; 93.9; sent by Buddha as messenger to Śuddhodana, Mahāvastu iii.103.7 ff.; he was given the title first of those who conciliate the family (of the Buddha), kulaprasādakānāṃ…agro, which must be read in Mahāvastu iii.104.7 (compare Pali Aṅguttaranikāya (Pali) i.25.5 kulappasādakānaṃ, sc. aggo, as his standing epithet); also mentioned Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 207.3; Jātakamālā 116.2; spelled Kālodăyin, Sukhāvatīvyūha 92.8; Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 78.16.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kālodāyin (कालोदायिन्):—[from kāla] a m. ‘the black Udāyin’, Name of a pupil of Śākya-muni, [Buddhist literature]

2) Kālodayin (कालोदयिन्):—[=kā-lodayin] [from kāla] m. Name of a disciple of Buddha, [Sukhāvatī-vyūha ii].

3) Kālodāyin (कालोदायिन्):—[from kāleśvara] b See 1. kāla.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kālodāyin (कालोदायिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kālodāi.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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