Padumuttara Buddha
| Padumuttara Buddha | |
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| Burmese | ပဒုမုတ္တရဘုရား |
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| Preceded by | Nārada Buddha |
| Succeeded by | Sumedha Buddha |
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In Buddhism, Padumuttara Buddha is the thirteenth in the List of the 28 Buddhas.
He was born in Hamsavatī. He lived for ten thousand years in three palaces: Naravāhana, Yassa (or Yasavatī) and Vasavatti. His wife was Vasudattā, by whom he had a son, Uttara. His body was fifty eight cubits high.
He died in Nandārāma at the age of one hundred thousand, and a stūpa twelve leagues in height was erected over his relics.[1]
His life parallels that of Gautama Buddha except that he was assisted by different people and his bodhi tree was a salala. Many of Gautama Buddha's disciples were said to have made their aspiration for eminent positions in the time of Padumuttara Buddha.
In the Apadāna some gods wish to build a stūpa of their own over the relics of Padumuttara. As a Tathāgata his relics were not separated. Dīpankara attained Nirvāṇa in Nandārāma, where a stūpa was built which was thirty six yojanas high.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Vipassana.info, Pali Proper Names Dictionary: Padumuttara
- ↑ John S. Strong (2007). Relics of the Buddha. p. 45.
External links
- Vipassana.info: Pali Proper Names Dictionary
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