1. Dhatarattha.-One of the Cātummahārājikā, the ruler of the Eastern Quarter. His followers are the Gandhabbas. He has numerous sons called Indra (D.ii.207, 220, 257f; iii.197). He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta und the ātānātiya Sutta. The name of his Tochter is Sirī (J.iii.257).
2. Dhatarattha.-A mythical König, erwähnt in a list of kings - mit Vessāmitta, Atthaka, Yāmataggi, Usinnara und Sivi - as having entered Sakka's heaven by virtue of his righteousness und his waiting on pious men. J.vi.251.
3. Dhatarattha.-There were two kings of this name, contemporaries und vassals of Renu. One of these two was König of Angā mit his capital in Campā, und the other of the Kāsīs mit his capital in Benares. D.ii.235f.
4. Dhatarattha.-A Nāga König. Thanks to the scheming of the tortoise Cittacūla, he married Samuddajā, Tochter of the König of Benares. They had four sons: Sudassana, Bhūridatta, Subhaga und Kānārittha. His kingdom was beneath the Yamunā. Dhatarattha is identified mit Suddhodana. J.vi.162ff., 171.186, 200, 219. For details see the Bhūridatta Jātaka.
5. Dhatarattha.-The Bodhisatta born as König of the hamsas. He lived in Cittakūta, at the head of ninety tausend hamsas. One day he was caught in a snare on the lake Khemā, set by the orders of König Bahuputtaka. Dhatarattha's friend, Sumukha, refused to leave him while he was caught. The two friends melted the heart of the hunter when he came to take Dhatarattha, und later they were brought before the König. Dhatarattha preached the Doctrine to the König und to his queen, Khemā, who longed to hear a hamsa preach (J.iv.425ff; for details see the Hamsa Jātaka). Dhatarattha is often referred toe as a König surrounded by a splendid following. z.B., DA.i.40; MA.ii.576; UdA.57, 412; PvA.171.
6. Dhatarattha.-The family of hamsas to which belonged Dhatarattha, König of the hamsas. The members of this family are called Dhataratthā. They were golden-coloured und lived in Cittakūta. The Mahā-Sutasoma Jātaka (J.v.345, 355, 357) contains a story of the complete destruction of these hamsas. They lived in Kañcanaguhā, und during the four months of the rainy season would not leave their cave, in case their wings should be drenched mit water und they fell into the sea. A spider, as big as a cartwheel, used to weave a thick web at the entrance to the cave, but the Dhatarattha geese sent one of their young ones, who had received two portions of food, to cut through the web. One season, however, the rains lasted for four months, und the hamsas became cannibals und thus lost their strength. When, at the end of the rains, they tried to break through the web, they failed, und the spider cut off their heads one by one und drank their blood. This was the end of the Dhatarattha hamsas. J.v.469f.
7. Dhatarattha.-A class of Nāgas (D.ii.259), descendants of the Nāga König Dhatarattha und of Samuddajā (J.vi.219), und possessed great power. They dwell in the Sattasidantara-samuda (SA.ii.254).