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佛祖統紀 34.18

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34.18

The Lady went into the Lumbinī grove. On the eighth day of the fourth month, just as the sun was rising, she raised her right hand and pulled down a blossom of an aśoka tree. The Bodhisattva emerged from her right flank, descended onto a seven-jeweled flower, walked seven steps on his own, and raising his right hand, declared: 'In the heavens above and beneath the heavens, I alone am the most honored.' The King summoned various brāhmaṇas [and asked], 'What name should be given to him?' They replied: 'When the prince was born, there were many auspicious signs; he should be named Sarvārthasiddha' (translated here as 'All Aims Accomplished'; from the two sūtras, Cause and Effect and Auspicious Responses).

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