[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c36.5271 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.5271 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.5271 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.5271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.5271) His wife gave him a meal of milk-rice. After practising austerities for only seven days, he attained Enlightenment at the foot of a Nāga-tree in the palace garden, going there through the air with all his retinue. He preached his first sermon to his step-brothers, Asama and Sunetta—who later became his chief Disciples—in the Sudhamma pleasaunce. Anuma was his constant attendant. His chief disciples among nuns were Nakulā and Sujātā. Ramma and Sudatta were his chief lay patrons among men and Nakulā and Cittā among women. His height was fifty-eight hands. He lived for ninety thousand years and died in the Sihārāma. The Bodhisatta was a brahmin named Sujāta.¹ - [Previous: v2.c36.5270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.5270) - [Next: v2.c36.5272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.5272) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.5271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.5271) · Pramāṇa