[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.c30.105 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.105 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c30.105 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.105) \*\*Bhaddaji Thera.\*\*—The son of a seṭṭhi in Bhaddiya. He was worth eighty crores, and was brought up in luxury like that of the Bodhisatta in his last birth. When Bhaddaji was grown up, the Buddha came to Bhaddiya to seek him out, and stayed at the Jātiyāvana with a large number of monks. Thither Bhaddaji went to hear him preach. He became an arahant, and, with his father's consent, was ordained by the Buddha. Seven weeks later he accompanied the Buddha to Koṭigāma, and, while the Buddha was returning thanks to a pious donor on the way, Bhaddaji retired to the bank of the Ganges outside the village, where he stood wrapt in jhāna, emerging only when the Buddha came by, not having heeded the preceding chief theras. He was blamed for this; but, in order to demonstrate the attainments of Bhaddaji, the Buddha invited him to his own ferry-boat and bade him work a wonder. Bhaddaji thereupon raised from the river bed, fifteen leagues into the air, a golden palace twenty leagues high, in which he had lived as Mahāpanāda (q.v.). On this occasion the Mahāpanāda or Suruci Jātaka was preached. The Mahāvamsa account¹ says that, before raising Mahāpanāda's palace, Bhaddaji rose into the air to the height of seven palmyra-trees, holding the Dussa Thūpa from the Brahma-world in his hand. He then dived into the Ganges and returned with the palace. The brahmin Nanduttara, whose hospitality the Buddha and his monks had accepted, saw this miracle of Bhaddaji, and himself wished for similar power by which he might procure relics in the possession of others. He was reborn as the novice Soṇuttara (q.v.), who obtained the relics for the thūpas of Ceylon. - [Previous: v2.c30.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.104) - [Next: v2.c30.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.106) - [Up: v2.c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.105) · Pramāṇa