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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.468

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.468

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### [v2.c29.468](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.468)

The Buddhavamsa Commentary says¹⁰ that in the Buddhavamsa particulars of each Buddha are given under twenty-two heads, the additional heads being the details of the first sermon, the numbers of those attaining realization of truth (abhisamaya) at each assembly, the names of the two chief women disciples, the aura of the Buddha’s body (ramsi), the height of his body, the name of the Bodhisatta (who was to become Gotama Buddha), the prophecy concerning him, his exertions (padhāna) and the details of each Buddha’s death. The Commentary also says that mention must be made of the time each Buddha lived as a householder, the names of the palaces he occupied, the number of his dancing women, the names of his chief wife, and his son, his conveyance, his renunciation, his practice of austerities, his patrons and his monastery.

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