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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Mahapanada. Son of Suruci and king of Mithila. He owned a palace one hundred storeys high, all of emerald; it was one thousand bow shots (twenty five leagues) high and sixteen broad and held six thousand musicians.

Mahapanada was a previous birth of Bhaddaji. See the Mahapanada Jataka and also Kosala. See also Sankha (3).

2. Mahapanada. A primeval king, descendant of Mahasammata. Mhv.ii.4; Dpv.iii.7.

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-Jataka (No. 264). The story of Mahapanada, given in the Suruci Jataka. Cp. Dvy. 56ff.

context information

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).

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Buddhism

Mahāpanāda (महापनाद) (son of Panāda and father of Sudassana) is the name of an ancient king from the Solar dynasty (sūryavaṃśa) and a descendant of Mahāsaṃmata, according to the Mahābuddhavaṃsa or Maha Buddhavamsa (the great chronicle of Buddhas) Anudīpanī chapter 1, compiled by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw. These twenty-eight kings were of long lives of asaṅkhyeyya (asaṃkhyeya) years. The twenty-seven kings [viz., Mahāpanāda] after Mahāsammata were his descendants. Some of these twenty-eight kings reigned in Kusavatī City, others in Rājagaha and still others in Mithilā.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text: Panada, Bhandukanna, Mahapranada, Atulamba, Sudarshana, Bhaddalin, Kotigama, Suruci Jataka, Shankha, Payaga, Suruci, Sudassana, Nalakara, Bhaddaji, Nanduttara, Sonuttara, Vissakamma, Metteyya.

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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)

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Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)

Chapter 2 - The Race Of Mahasammata

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