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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.535

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c30.535

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### [v2.c30.535](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.535)

2. Bhisadāyaka Thera.—An arahant. Thirty-one kappas ago he was an elephant, and seeing Vessabhū Buddha in the forest, he gave him lotus-stalks to eat. Thirteen kappas ago he was born sixteen times as king under the name of Samodhāna.¹

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