[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.c7.442 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.442 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.442 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.442](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.442) 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 - [Previous: v1.c7.441](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.441) - [Next: v1.c7.443](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.443) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.442](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.442) · Pramāṇa