[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.c6.3312 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3312 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3312 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3312) 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 - [Previous: v1.c6.3311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3311) - [Next: v1.c6.3313](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3313) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3312) · Pramāṇa