Mātali
Buddhist · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Sakka’s charioteer and confidant, and father of Sikhandī in the Sakkapañha narrative.
Children
Variant accounts
- Story-specific previous livesThe Jātakas identify Mātali with Ānanda in some stories and Mahākassapa in another. These identifications concern different birth stories.G. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Mātali, D ii.268 and Jātaka accounts (secondary)
Relations
- charioteer of: ŚakraG. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Mātali, D ii.268 and Jātaka accounts (secondary)
- father of: Sikhandī, son of MātaliG. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Mātali, D ii.268 and Jātaka accounts (secondary)
Sources
- Sakka’s charioteer and confidant, and father of Sikhandī in the Sakkapañha narrative.: G. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Mātali, D ii.268 and Jātaka accounts (secondary)