[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.c29.464 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.464 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.464 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.464](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.464) The Mahāpadāna Sutta⁷ which mentions the seven Buddhas gives pariculars of each under eleven heads (paricchedā)—the kappa in which he is born, his social rank (jāti), his family (gotta), length of life at that epoch (āyu), the tree under which he attains Enlightenment (bodhi), the names of his two chief disciples (sāvakayuga), the numbers present at the assemblies of arahants held by him (sāvakusannipāta), the name of his presonal attendant (upaṭṭhākabhikkhu), the names of his father and mother and of his birthplace. The Commentary⁸ adds to these other particulars—the names of his son and his wife before his Renunciation, the conveyance (yāna) in which he leaves the world, the monastery is which his Gandhakuṭi was placed, the amount of money paid for its purchase, the site of the monastery, and the name of his chief lay patron. In the case of Gotama, the further fact is stated that on the day of his birth there appeared also in the world Rāhulamātā, Ānanda, Kanthaka, Nidhikumbhi (Treasure Trove), the Mahābodhi and Kāḷudāyī. Gotama was conceived under the asterism (nakkhatta) of Uttarāsāḷha, under which asterism he also made his Renunciation,⁹ preached his first sermon and performed the Twin Miracle. Under the asterism of Visākha he was born, attained Enlightenment and died; under that of Māgha he held his first assembly of arahants and decided to die; under Assayuja he descended from Tāvatimsa. - [Previous: v2.c29.463](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.463) - [Next: v2.c29.465](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.465) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.464](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.464) · Pramāṇa