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Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.327

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.327

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Vaṇṇakāraka Thera.—An arahant. Thirty-one kappas ago he was a painter (vaṇṇakāra) in Aruṇavatī and painted the drapery of the Buddha’s cetiya. Twenty-three kappas ago he was a king named Candūpama.¹