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Dhaniṭṭhā
Dhaniṭṭhā (Dhaniṣṭhā) One of the twenty-eight Nakkhattas.1 Its family name is Aggatavasa.2 Vasu(2) is its presiding deity. This constellation is also named as Savittha.*
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1. Jam. 155-161, 171, Sur. 36, Sam. 5,7.
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2. Sur. 50.
4. SurM. p. 111.
Father of Varadhanu and minister of king Bambha(1)
3. Sth. 90.
1. Dhanu (Dhanus)
of Kampillapura.1
1. UttN. and UttS. p. 377, UttK. pp. 254-55, VyaM. IV. p. 47.
2. Dhanu A god loved by Logopala Jama(2) of Sakka(3) as his family member.1 He belongs to the Paramahammiya class of gods.2
1. Bha. 166, SutCu. p. 154.
2. Sam. 15.
Dhanuddhata (Dhanuruddhata) One of the eight kings to be consecrated by Mahapauma (10), the first would-be Titthamkara of the Bharaha(2) region.1
1. Sth. 625.
1. Dhanna (Dhanya) A merchant of the city of Rayagiha. He had a wife named Bhadda(13), a daughter named Sumsumā(2) and five sons named Dhana(1), Dhanapala(1), Dhaṇadeva(7), Dhaṇagova(2) and Dhanarakkiya(2). Once Cilaya(3) who was Dhanna's ex-servant, attacked his house and kidnapped Sumsumā. Dhanna and his sons chased the culprit. The dacoit, however, chopped off the girl's head with his sword and fled with it leaving the rest of the corpse behind. Dhanna and his sons had to eat the flesh of the corpse to pacify their hunger. Later Dhanna renounced the world and became a disciple of Mahavira. He will attain liberation in future in the Mahavideha region. See also Dhanna(6).
1. Jna. 136-140, AvaCu. I. p. 497, AvaN. 943, NanM. p. 166.
2. Dhanna An ascetic who abandoned food etc. for ever and lay on a slab near mount Vebhäragiri in the vicinity of Nalamda. After death he was born as a god in Anuttara celestial abode.1
1. Mar. 444-447, SthA. p. 474.
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3. Dhanṇa He was the first to give alms to Pasa, (1) the twenty-third Titthamkara.1
1. Sam. 157, AvaN. 329.
4. Dhanna
A Jakkha in the Thubhakaramḍa garden of Usabhapura(2).1 1. Vip. 34.
5. Dhanṇa Son of Bhadda(6), a lady merchant (caravan-leader) of Kagamḍi. He had married thirty-two girls. He renounced the world and became a disciple of Mahāvīra. Immediately after renunciation he started observing
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