Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3312
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3312
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Asanabodhiya Thera.—An arahant. In Tissa Buddha’s time he planted the Asana-tree, which was the Buddha’s Bodhi-tree, and tended it for five years. The Buddha was very pleased with him and foretold for him a glorious future. For thirty kappas he dwelt among the devas; seventy-seven kappas ago he was a cakkavatti named Daṇḍasena, and one kappa later he was seven times king under the name of Samantanemi. Twenty-five kappas ago he was a khattiya, Puṇṇaka by name.¹