Padumuttara 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 stupa 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 begun their desire for monkhood in the time of Padumuttara Buddha.

In the Apadana some gods wish to built a stupa of their own over the relics of Padumuttara. As a tathagata his relics were not separated. Dipamkara nirvanized in Nandarama, where astupa was built which was thirty six yojanas high. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Vipassana.info, Pali Proper Names Dictionary: Padumuttara
  2. ↑ John S. Strong (2007). Relics of the Buddha. p. 45. 

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