Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.2080
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.2080
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**Punnāgapupphiya Thera.**—An arahant. Ninety-two kappas ago he was a hunter who, while wandering in the forest, saw a flower, which he offered on a heap of sand in the name of the Buddha Tissa. Ninety-one kappas ago he was a king named Tamonuda.¹ He is probably identical with Suhemanta Thera.²