Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2657

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Sitthagāma.—A village which Sena IV. converted into a pariveṇa, evidently for his retirement.¹ Later, a monk, named Dhammamitta, lived there and wrote a Commentary on the Abhidhamma.² 1. Siddhattha.—The sixteenth of the twenty-four Buddhas. He was born in the Viriya pleasaunce in the city of Vebhāra, his father being the khattiya Udena and his mother Suphassā. At the time of his birth all enterprises succeeded, hence his name. He lived as a householder for ten thousand years in three palaces—Kokā, Suppala and Kokanuda (Paduma)—his wife being Sumanā (Somanassā) and his son Anupama. He left home in a golden palanquin, practised auterities for ten months, had milk rice given to him by a brahmin maiden, Sunettā of Asadisa, and grass for his seat by a Yavapāla, Varuṇa. His bodhi was a kaṇikāra, and his first sermon was preached at Gayā. The Bodhisatta was an ascetic named Maṅgala, of Surasena. Samphala and Sumitta were his chief disciples among monks, and Sivalā and Surāmā among nuns, while Revata was his attendant. Chief among his lay-patrons were Suppiya and Samudda and Rammā and Surammā. His body was sixty cubits high. He lived for one hundred thousand years, and died in the Anomārāma in the city of Anoma. His thūpa was four leagues in height.¹