mahendra , ( 1 ) m. , a high number: Mvy 8023 ( cf. indra 2); ( 2 ) n. of a king of Kanyakubja and of the Madras, father of Sudarśanā who married Kuśa ; also Mahendraka 1, q.v. ; in the Pali Kusa Jāt. he is called Madda (= Madra), king of Sāgala: Mv ii.460.8 ; iii.27.19 (here °dra-nātha-; both prose); ( 3 ) n. of a king of Hastināpura (also Mahendraka 2, q.v. ): Mv iii.432.11 ; 433.4 ; the story told here is basically ( tho with some confusion) the same that is told of Uruvela-Kassapa and his brothers in Pali (see DPPN 1.433 f. ), in which Mahinda (3 in DPPN ) is the father of the Buddha Phussa ( BHS Puṣya); ( 4 ) [Page427-b] n. of the well-known apostle to Ceylon (= Pali Mahinda 1 in DPPN ): Karmav 63.1 ; ( 5 ) n. of a nāga king: Māy 246.15 .
mahe ndra &c. See p. 802, col. 1 .