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«“√ “√ √“™∫— ≥±‘ µ¬ ∂“π ªï ∑’Ë Û ©∫— ∫∑’Ë Ú ‡¡.¬.-¡‘ .¬. ÚıÙ¯ 529 ®‘ √æ— ≤πå ª√–æ— π∏å «‘ ∑¬“ Abstract S ⁄ ad ⁄ danta - Chaddanta Chirapat Prapandvidya Associate Fellow of the Academy of Arts, The Royal Institute, Thailand S ⁄ ad ⁄ danta in Buddhist Sanskrit texts is the elephant with six tusks whereas in Pali Canon the elephant is called Chaddanta . The phonological change from S ⁄ ad ⁄ danta to Chaddanta is obvious. S ⁄ ad ⁄ danta or Chaddanta is one of the Jataka stories or the previous lives of the Gautama Buddha when he was born as an elephant. Archeological evidence supports the meaning of the word S ⁄ ad ⁄ danta current in the Buddhist Sanskrit texts, that is, an elephant with six tusk. In Sanskrit the word is a compound word comprising S ⁄ at ⁄ meaning six and danta meaning tusk. The commentator of the Jataka of the Pali Canon, however, does not agree with this meaning. He gives the meaning of the word Chaddanta as elephant whose tusks have six colors (chabban ⁄ n ⁄ avisan ⁄ a). This seems the shows the Theravadins or the orthordox Buddhists during the time of the commentator rejected bluntly ideology of Mahayana Buddhism. Key Word : S ⁄ ad ⁄ danta - Chaddanta