Where does “muninda” come from?

muninda (Pali) comes from Pali inda, from Sanskrit इन्द्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Índras — Indra.

muninda (Pali): chief of sages (an epithet of the Buddha)

Definitions

  1. chief of sages (an epithet of the Buddha)

Ancestry of “muninda”, step by step

muninda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali inda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliindalord, king
2Sanskritइन्द्रgod; Indra
3Proto-Indo-IranianÍndrasIndra

via Pali muni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palimunimonk, sage
2Sanskritमुनिecstatic person, ascetic, hermit; ascetic; sage,...
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