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Mahāpanāda

1. Mahāpanāda.– Son of Suruci and king of Mithilā. He owned a palace one hundred storeys high, all of emerald; it was one thousand bow-shots (twenty-five leagues) high and sixteen broad and held six thousand musicians.

Mahāpanāda was a previous birth of Bhaddaji. See the Mahāpanāda Jātaka and also Kosalā. See also Saṅkha (3).

2. Mahāpanāda.– A primeval king, descendant of Mahāsammata. Mhv.ii.4; Dpv.iii.7.