Sundarānanda
Sign in to savethumb|Palatial life of Nanda before conversion, veranda of Cave 17 of Ajanta Caves. Prince Nanda Shakya, also known as Sundarananda Shakya (handsome Nanda), was the younger half-brother of Gautama Buddha. He shared the same father as Buddha, King Śuddhodana, and his mother, Mahapajapati Gotami, was the Buddha's mother's younger sister. Nanda also had an older sister named Sundari Nanda.
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- Born
- 0400-00-00
- Died
- 0350-00-00
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Triratna-Saundarya-gāthā
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Key facts
- Religious biography.name
- Most Venerable Nanda Thera
- Religious biography.image
- Conversion of Nanda BM OA1900.05-33.1.jpg
- Religious biography.caption
- Nanda Shakya, enticed by the Buddha to leave his bride-to-be and become a monk.
- Religious biography.dharma name
- Nanda
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Kapilavatthu
- Religious biography.religion
- Buddhism
- Religious biography.title
- Indriyēsu Guttadvarānan
- Religious biography.occupation
- bhikkhu
- Religious biography.teacher
- Gautama Buddha
- Religious biography.parents
- Shakya King Suddhodhana (father), Queen Maha Pajapati Gotami (mother)
- Religious biography.partner
- Princess Sundari Nanda
- Religious biography.relatives
Key dates
- Born
- 400 BCE
- Died
- 350 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Kapilavastu
- Father
- Śuddhodana
- Mother
- Mahapajapati Gotami
- Sibling
- The Buddha
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Family
- family of Gautama Buddha
- Image
- Conversion of Nanda BM OA1900.05-33.1.jpg
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thumb|Palatial life of Nanda before conversion, veranda of Cave 17 of Ajanta Caves. Prince Nanda Shakya, also known as Sundarananda Shakya (handsome Nanda), was the younger half-brother of Gautama Buddha. He shared the same father as Buddha, King Śuddhodana, and his mother, Mahapajapati Gotami, was the Buddha's mother's younger sister. Nanda also had an older sister named Sundari Nanda.
It was seven years after his Enlightenment that the Buddha, at the request of his father, who missed him dearly, returned to his home city of Kapilavatthu.