Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.5270

v2.c36.5270

1. **Sobhita.**—The sixth of the twenty-four Buddhas. He was born in the city of Sudhamma, his father being the *khattiya* Sudhamma and his mother Sudhammā. For nine thousand years he lived as a householder in three palaces—Kumuda, Naḷira and Paduma—his wife being Samaṅgī (Makhilā according to the BuA.) and his son Sīha. He entered the monastic life in the palace itself and there attained the four *jhānas*.