Magha
Buddhist · mortal · mythic · Recorded classification
Human benefactor whose good works lead to birth as Sakka. The Kulāvaka Jātaka identifies him with the Bodhisatta; the Saṃyutta commentary distinguishes him from the Bodhisatta.
Variant accounts
- Conflicting previous-life identificationsThe Jātaka identifies Magha with the Bodhisatta. SA i.267 instead says his conduct resembled a Bodhisatta’s. These are separate readings, not a combined identity.G. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Magha, J i.207 and SA i.267 (secondary)
Relations
- reborn as: ŚakraA prior-life narrative, not biological parentage; identification differs between accounts.G. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Magha, J i.207 and SA i.267 (secondary)
- spouse: SudhammāG. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Sudhammā 3 (secondary)
- spouse: CittāG. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Kulāvaka Jātaka 31 (secondary)
- spouse: NandāG. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Kulāvaka Jātaka 31 (secondary)
- spouse: Sujātā, wife of MaghaG. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Kulāvaka Jātaka 31 (secondary)
Sources
- Human benefactor whose good works lead to birth as Sakka. The Kulāvaka Jātaka identifies him with the Bodhisatta; the Saṃyutta commentary distinguishes him from the Bodhisatta.: G. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Magha, J i.207 and SA i.267 (secondary)