Somanassa Jataka, Somanassa-jātaka: 2 definitions
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesOnce, when Renu was king of Uttarapancala, an ascetic, Maharakkhita, visited him with five hundred others from the Himalaya. The king entertained them and told them of his worry because he had no sons. Some time later, when the ascetics were returning, Maha Rakkhita saw that the king would have a son and told his companions so. One of the ascetics, a cheat, hoping to get gain thereby, feigned illness, and, returning to the palace, told the king that a son would be born to his queen, Sudhamma. The king showed him great honour, and he came to be called Dibbacakkhuka. In due course, the Bodhisatta was born as the kings son, and was named Somanassa. When the boy was seven years old the king had to leave home to quell a border rising, and Somanassa was left in the charge of the cheating ascetic. The boy soon discovered his real nature and paid him no honour. As soon as the king returned, Dibbacakkhu complained to him that the prince had ill treated him. Somanassa was ordered to be executed, but he exposed the cheats knavery, and men, sent to search his hut, found bundles of money in it. Disgusted with life at court, Somanassa obtained the kings leave and became an ascetic in the Himalaya, where Vissakamma, commanded by Sakka, built a hermitage for him. The cheat was stoned to death by the people.
The story was related in reference to Devadattas attempt to kill the Buddha. He is identified with Dibbacakkhu, Sariputta with Maharakkhita and Somanassas mother with Mahamaya. J.iv.445ff.
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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Partial matches: Somanassa, Jataka.
Full-text: Dibbacakkhu, Somanassa, Renu, Rakkhita, Uttarapancala, Sudhamma, Kuru.
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
Somanassa Jātaka < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 505: Somanassa-Jātaka < [Volume 4]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 4 - Story of Devadatta < [Chapter 36 - The Buddha’s Height Measured by a Brahmin]