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Piyadassī

1. See Piyadassī Buddha

2. Piyadassī.– A Pacceka Buddha. M.iii.69; Ap.i.106.

3. Piyadassī Thera.– An Arahant. He was present with sixty thousand others, from Jetārāma, at the foundation ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa (Dpv.xix.15; Mhv.xxix.32). He stood on the north east side at the ceremony, and at the close of it he taught Duṭṭhagāmaṇī. Ibid., 65; MT. 531.

4. Piyadassī.– A millionaire of Sudassananigama, whose daughter gave milk-rice to Sikhī Buddha. BaA. 201.

5. Piyadassī.– A Thera of Sri Lanka, incumbent of the Devarāja-vihāra. He was a pupil of the grammarian Moggallāna and wrote the Pāḷi grammar, Padasādhana. P.L.C. 205.

6. Piyadassī.– A name for Dhammāsoka.