[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c21.277 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.277 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.277 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.277](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.277) 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 - [Previous: v1.c21.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.276) - [Next: v1.c21.278](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.278) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.277](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.277) · Pramāṇa