Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1285

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Vipassī.—The nineteenth of the twenty-four Buddhas. He was born in the Khema-park in Bandhumatī, his father being Bandhumā and his mother Bandhumatī. He belonged to the Koṇḍañña-gotta. For eight thousand years he lived as a householder in three palaces: Nanda, Sunanda and Sirimā. His body was eighty cubits in height. His wife was Sutanā (v.l. Sudassanā) and his son Samavattakkhandha. He left the household in chariot and practised austerities for eight months. Just before his enlightenment, the daughter of Sudassana-seṭṭhi gave him milk-rice, while a yavapālaka named Sujāta gave grass for his seat. His bodhi was a pāṭali-tree. He preached his first sermon in Khemamigadāya to his step-brother Khandha and his purohita's son Tissa; these two later became his chief disciples. His constant attendant was Asoka; Candā and Candamittā were his chief women disciples. His chief lay-patrons were Puṇṇabbasumitta and Nāga among men, and Sirimā and Uttarā among women. He died in Sumittārāma at the age of eighty thousand, and his relics were enshrined in a thūpa seven leagues in height. The Bodhisatta was a Nāga-king named Atula.¹