[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.c6.2981 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2981 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.2981 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.2981](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2981) 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. - [Previous: v1.c6.2980](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2980) - [Next: v1.c6.2982](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2982) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2981](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2981) · Pramāṇa