[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.c38.212 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c38.212 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c38.212 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.212](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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. - [Previous: v2.c38.211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.211) - [Next: v2.c38.213](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.213) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.212](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.212) · Pramāṇa