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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c26.541

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c26.541

- **Language:** English

### [v2.c26.541](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.541)

Naḷinakesariya Thera.—An arahant. Ninety-two kappas ago he was a water-fowl, who, having seen the Buddha Tissa travelling through the air, took a lotus-flower in his beak and offered it to him. Seventy-three kappas ago he was a king named Satapatta.¹

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