nandika
Nandika , ( 1 ) ( prob. = Pali Nandiya, particularly 1 of DPPN ) n. of a disciple of Śākyamuni (or of more than one?): MSV i.187.5 ff. ; in lists of mahāśrāvakas Gv 17.23 ; Sukh 2.8 ; of śrāvakas Mvy 1043 (on Tib. see s.v. Nandaka ); of bhikṣus LV 1.16 ( Tib. here dgaḥ byed , which in Mvy 1042 = Nandaka ); prob. a different person is Nandika ( v.l. °aka) the son of Śukrodana and brother of Nandana (1), mentioned as having retired from worldly life Mv iii.177.1 ; ( 2 ) n. of a village chief at Uruvilvā, father of Sujātā , q.v. : LV 267.13, 18 ; ( 3 ) n. of a yakṣa (? or, acc. to some versions, n. of a locality): Māy 44 . (3 Nandaka in DPPN is n. of a yakkha.)