Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.442

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2. Ānanda.—A Khattiya king of Haṃsavati, father of Padumuttara Buddha.¹ He had, by another wife, a daughter Nandā, who became the therī Pakulā in the present age.² Once, with twenty of his ministers and twenty thousand of his subjects, he appeared before Padumuttara Buddha at Mithilā and, having received the “*ehi-bhikkhu-pabbajjā*,” they became arahants.³ The Buddha went back with them to Haṃsavatī where he preached the *Buddhavamsa*.⁴