Candā
1. Candā.– Wife of Sudinna and mother of Piyadassī Buddha (J.i.39). In the Buddhavaṃsa (xiv.15) she is called Sucandā.
2. Candā.– One of the two chief female disciples of Vipassī Buddha. J.i.41; Bu.xx.29.
3. Candā.– A kinnarī, wife of Canda, the Bodhisatta. See the Candakinnara Jātaka (J.iv.283 ff). She is sometimes called Candī. e.g., J.iv.284.
4. Candā.– Wife of Mahāpatāpa, king of Bārāṇasī, and mother of Dhammapāla. She is identified with Mahā Pajāpatī Gotamī. For details see the Cūḷa Dhammapāla Jātaka. J.iii.178‑ff.
5. Candā.– Daughter of the Madda king and chief consort of the ruler of Bārāṇasī. She was the mother of Mūgapakkha (Temiya). For details see the Mūgapakkha Jātaka. J.vi.1 ff
6. Candā.– Chief consort of Candakumāra. She was the daughter of the Pañcāla king and the mother of Vāsula. It was her vow of truth (saccakiriyā) which saved her husband from death. She is identified with Rāhulamātā. J.vi.151 ff
7. Candā.– Chief consort of Sutasoma. She is identified with Rāhulamātā. J.v.177, 182, 192.
8. Candā Theri.– An Arahant. She belonged to a brahmin family which bad fallen on evil days and she grew up in wretched poverty. Her kinsfolk having all died of plague, she eked out a living by begging from door to door. One day she came across Paṭācāra who had just finished eating. Paṭācāra, seeing her pitiable condition, gave her some food and, when she had eaten, discoursed to her. Delighted by Paṭācāra’s discourse, Candā renounced the world and soon afterwards attained Arahantship. Thig.vs.122‑26; ThigA., p.120 f.
9. Candā.– The kinnāri-