Ancestor of the Pándavas (Cv.lxiv.43). The name is also for those who claimed to belong to that dynasty - e.g., in the case of the kings of Madhurá. E.g., Mhv.vii.50. See also Pandú.
See also Pandurájá.
A Sákiyan, son of Amitodana; he was the father of Bhaddakaccáná and her six brothers. On learning from soothsayers of the impending destruction of the Sákiyans by Vidúdabha, Pandu left the Sákiyan country and settled beyond the Ganges. Mhv.viii.18 f.; Dpv.x.i.
His wife was Susímá. MT. 275.
See Panduputta.