…At the end of the meal, Meṇḍaka provided the monks with ghee and butter for their journey. At first the monks were unwilling to accept the…

…belonging to a ram, in meṇḍaka-pañha “question about the ram” Mil.90 alluding to the story of a ram in the Ummagga-jātaka…

…at the Jātiyāvana where Meṇḍaka, who lived there, came to see him. Vin.ii.242 AN.iii.36

It was there that the precept was laid down…

…There the banker Meṇḍaka visited him and provided meals for him and the monks. Vin.i.242f. Meṇḍaka’s grandson, Uggaha, did…

One of the most distinguished lay women, followers of the Buddha. AN.iv.347 She was the wife of Meṇḍaka and her full name was Candapadumā

UggahaMeṇḍakanattā

The grandson of the banker Meṇḍaka; he lived in Bhaddiya. Once when the Buddha was staying in the Jātiyāvana at…

…was Dhanañjaya, son of Meṇḍaka, and her mother Sumanā.

The Udāna Ud.ii.9 contains a story of a dispute she had with the customs…

…AN.ii.65; Ja.i.92; Pv-a.16 Meṇḍaka g. Vin.i.240 sq.; Citta SN.iv.281 sq.; Nakulapitā SN.ii.1 sq.; Potaliya MN.i.359; Sandhāna DN.iii.36 sq….

…garland Dhp-a.i.388.

• -meṇḍaka a golden ram Dhp-a.iii.364; Dhp-a.iv.217;
• -bhiṅkāra…

…(cow-), aja˚ (goat-), meṇḍaka˚; (ram-), oṭṭha˚; (camel-?), khara˚ (donkey-). Cp. Mil.276
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