Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.871

v2.c29.871

The above is a brief account, as given in the books, of certain features common to all Bodhisattas. In addition to these, particulars of the personal career of the Bodhisatta who became Gotama, are found, chiefly in the Buddhavamsa and the Jātakatthakathā. It has already been stated that each Bodhisatta receives the vyākaraṇa from every Buddha whom he meets, and Gotama was no exception. He received his first vyākaraṇa as the ascetic Sumedha, from Dīpaṅkara; and then, as a cakkavatti, from Koṇḍañña; as the brahmin Suruci, from Maṅgala; as the Nāga-king Atula, from Sumana; as the brahmin Atideva, from Revata; as the brahmin Ajita, from Sobhita; as a yakkha chief, from Anomadassī; as a lion, from Paduma; as an ascetic (isi) from Nārada; as a governor (Mahāraṭṭhiya) Jaṭila, from Padumuttara; as the youth Uttara, from Sumedha; as a Cakkavatti, from Sujāta; as the youth Kassapa, from Piyadassī; as the ascetic Susīma, from Aṭṭhadassī; as Sakka, from Dhammadassī; as the ascetic Maṅgala, from Siddhattha; as Sujāta, from Tissa; as King Vijitāvī, from Phussa; as the Nāga-king Atula, from Vipassī; as King Arindama, from Sikhī; as King Sudassana, from Vessabhū; as King Khema, from Kakusandha; as King Pabbata, from Koṇāgamana; and as the youth Jotipāla, from Kassapa.