Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c38.212
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c38.212
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v2.c38.212
From the Mahāpadāna Sutta it would appear that the birth of a Cakkavatti is attended by the same miracles as that of the birth of a Buddha. A Cakkavatti’s youth is the same as that of Buddha; he, too, possesses on his body the Mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni (q.v.), and soothsayers are able to predict at the child’s birth only that one of two destinies await him.