[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) › v2.c26.1247 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c26.1247 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c26.1247 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.1247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.1247) In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was a brahmin teacher named Sunanda. One day, as he prepared a Vājapeyya sacrifice, the Buddha visited him and walked through the air above him. Sunanda threw flowers in the sky, and they formed a canopy over the whole town. He became king thirty-five times under the name of Abbhasa (\*v.l.\* Ambaramsa).¹ - [Previous: v2.c26.1246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.1246) - [Next: v2.c26.1248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.1248) - [Up: v2.c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.1247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.1247) · Pramāṇa