Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2599

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Sikhī.—The twentieth of the twenty-four Buddhas. He was born in the Nisabha pleasaunce in Aruṇavatī, his father being the khattiya Aruṇa (Aruṇavā) and his mother Pabhāvatī. He was so named because his uṇhīsa stood up like a flame (sikhā). For seven thousand years he lived in the household in three palaces—Sucanda, Giri, Vahana¹—his wife being Sabbakāmā and his son Atula. He left home on an elephant, practised austerities for eight months, was given milk-rice by the daughter of Piyadassī-seṭṭhi of Sudassaninigama, and grass for his seat by Anomadassī. His Bodhi was a puṇḍarīka. His first sermon was preached in the Migācira pleasaunce near Aruṇavatī, and his Twin Miracle was performed near Suriyavatī under a campaka-tree. The Bodhisatta was Arindama, king of Paribhutta. Abhibhū and Sambhava were his chief disciples among monks, and Akhilā (Makhilā) and Padumā among nuns. His constant attendant was Khemaṅkara. Among his patrons were Sirivaḍḍha and Canda (Nanda) among men, and Cittā and Suguttā among women. His body was sixty cubits high, and he lived to the age of seventy thousand years, dying in Dussārāma (Assārāma) in Sīlavatī. Over his relics was erected a thūpa three leagues in height.² Sikhī Buddha held the Pātimokkha ceremony only once in six years.³