Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.2162

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1. Vessabhū.—The twenty-first of the twenty-four Buddhas. He was born in the pleasaunce of Anoma (Commentary, Anūpama), his father being the *khattiya* Suppatita (Supatita) and his mother Yasavatī. On the day of his birth he roared "like a bull" a shout of triumph, hence his name (*vasabhanādahetuttā*).¹ For six thousand years he lived in the household in three palaces: Ruci, Suruci and Vaḍḍhana (Rativaḍḍhana); his wife was Sucittā, and their son Suppabuddha. He left home in a golden palanquin, practised austerities for six months, was given milk-rice by Sirivaḍḍhana of Sucittanigama, and grass for his seat by the Nāga king Narinda, and attained Enlightenment under a *sāla*-tree. He preached his first sermon at Anurārāma to his brothers, Soṇa and Uttara, who became his chief disciples. Among women his chief disciples were Dāmā and Samālā, his constant attendant Upasanta (Upasannaka), his chief lay patrons Sotthika and Rāma among men, and Gotamī (Kāligotamī) and Sirimā among women. He was sixty cubits in height and lived for sixty thousand years. He died at the Khemārāma in Usabhavatī and his relics were scattered. The Bodhisatta was King Sudassana of Sarabhavatī.³