諸經要集 4.101

4.101

又百緣經云。昔佛在世時。迦毘羅衛城中。有一長者。其家巨富財寶無量。不可稱計。生一男兒。容貌端正世所希有。身諸毛孔出栴檀香。從其口出優鉢華香。父母見已歡喜無量。因為立字名栴檀香。年漸長大求佛出家。得阿羅漢果。比丘見已而白佛言。此栴檀香宿殖何福。生於豪族身口出香。又值世尊出家得道。佛告比丘。乃往過去九十一劫。毘婆尸佛入涅槃後。時有王名槃頭末帝。收其舍利造四寶塔。高一由旬。而供養之。時有長者入佛塔中。見地破落和泥塗治。以栴檀香坌散其上。發願而去。緣是功德從是以來。九十一劫不墮惡道。天上人中身口常香受福快樂。乃至今者。遭值於我出家得道。

The Avadānaśataka also states: Formerly, when the Buddha was in the world, there was an elder in the city of Kapilavastu whose family was immensely wealthy, with boundless and incalculable riches and treasures. A son was born to him, whose appearance was handsome and rare in the world. Sandalwood fragrance issued from all the pores of his body, and the fragrance of utpala flowers came from his mouth. His parents were boundlessly overjoyed upon seeing this, and on that account named him Candanagandha. As he gradually grew older, he sought the Buddha to leave home and attained the fruit of an arhat. The bhikṣus saw this and addressed the Buddha, saying, "What merit did this Candanagandha plant in past lives, that he was born into a noble clan, had fragrance issue from his body and mouth, and moreover met the Bhagavat, left home, and attained the Way?" The Buddha told the bhikṣus, "Ninety-one kalpas in the past, after the Buddha Vipaśyin entered nirvāṇa, there was a king named Bandhumat who collected his relics, built a four-jewelled stūpa one yojana high, and made offerings to it. At that time, an elder entered the Buddha's stūpa, saw that the ground was broken and decayed, and mixed mud to coat and repair it. He scattered powdered sandalwood incense upon it, made a vow, and departed. Due to this merit, from that time onward for ninety-one kalpas he did not fall into the evil destinies. Among gods and humans, his body and mouth were constantly fragrant, and he enjoyed blessed happiness, until now, when he met me, left home, and attained the Way."