Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.595

v2.c35.595

In the time of Sumedha Buddha he was a rich brahmin, well versed in learning. Later, he renounced eighty crores of wealth, and, after becoming an ascetic, lived on a river bank. There the Buddha visited him, and, seated on an antelope skin, preached the Doctrine. The ascetic paid him great honour and gave him mangoes and perfume and flowers.