brahmadatta
Brahmadatta (= Pali id. in mg. 1), ( 1 ) n. of various kings of Benares city and the land of Kāśī, Kāśi ( cf. Mv i.271.19 et alibi , nagare Vārāṇasī Kāśijanapade); in many Pali Jātakas formulaic at the beginning of the story, and playing no part in the story itself; DPPN suggests that this was the ‘dynastic name’ of kings of Benares; somewhat similarly Mv ii.77.5 ; Divy 73.25 ; 98.13 ; 121.7 ; 538.14 ff. ; 540.1 ; but elsewhere plays a more real rôle in various stories, Mv i.271.19 ff. (in Triśakunīya Jātaka); 359.20 (in Nyagrodhamṛga Jāt. ; unnamed in the Pali version); iii.125.10 (in āka Jāt. = Pali Supatta Jāt. , where the king has the same name); iii.183.19 ff. (in Upāli-Gaṅgapāla-Jāt. ; in the Pali version named Udaya, but addressed as Brahmadatta Jāt. iii.452.16, 25 ); Divy 131.15 ; 132.6 ; 134.16 f. ; 510.19 ff. ; Jm 128.25 ff. (called Bahuputtaka in corresp. Pali story); Av i.120.3 ; 134.11 ; 174.14 , etc. ; MSV ii.182.7, 10 (in story of Dīrghila; as in Pali ); ( 2 ) n. of two kings of Kāmpilla or Kamp°: Mv iii.156.13 ff. (in Padmāvatī Parikalpa); 361.16 ff. (father of Śarabhaṅga); ( 3 ) n. of two former Buddhas: Mv iii.239.4 f. ; Śikṣ 169.10 ; ( 4 ) n. of a king, previous incarnation of Śākyamuni, perhaps one of those mentioned under 1: LV 170.16 ; ( 5 ) n. of some evil person who mistreated a former incarnation of Śākyamuni: LV 316.1 ; ( 6 ) n. of an unidentified king (perhaps belongs to 1): Mvy 3645 ; ( 7 ) n. of a bhikṣu under Siṃhadhvaja Buddha: Samādh p. 52 1.20 ; he later became Dīpaṃkara id. 1.29 .