Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.277
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.277
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Tambapupphiya.—A thera. Ninety-one kappas ago he had fled into the forest, having committed some crime. There he saw the Bodhi-tree of the Buddha Piyadassī, and having swept the ground around it, he scattered flowers. Three kappas ago he was a king named Samphusita.¹ He is probably identical with Vanavaccha Thera.²