Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.643

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Buddhavamsa.—The fourteenth book of the Khuddaka Nikāya.¹ The Dīghabhāṇakas excluded it from the canon, but it was accepted by the Majjhimabhāṇakas.² It contains, in verse, the lives of the twenty-five Buddhas, of whom Gotama was the last. The name of the Bodhisatta under each Buddha is also given. The last chapter deals with the distribution of Gotama’s relics. It is said³ that the Buddhavamsa was preached, at Sāriputta’s request, at the Nigrodhārāma in Kapilavatthu, after the Buddha had performed the miracle of the Ratanaṅkama. The Commentary on the Buddhavamsa is known as the Madhurattha-vilāsinī (q.v.).