Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2981

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1. Aruṇa.—A khattiya, father of Sikhī Buddha and husband of Pabhāvatī.¹ Aruṇa’s chief queen became the Therī Abhayā in the present age.² Another of his wives became, in her last life, the Therī Somā,³ who is perhaps to be identified with Uppaladāyikā of the Apadāna.⁴ In the Saṃyutta Nikāya⁵ he is called Aruṇavā.