Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c38.218

v2.c38.218

Cakkavattis are rare in the world, and are born in *kappas* in which Buddhas do not arise.⁴ The *Cakkavattisīhanāda Sutta* (*q.v.*), however, gives the names of seven who succeeded one another. In the case of each of them the Wheel disappeared, but, when his successor practised the Ariyan duty of a Cakkavatti, honouring the Dhamma and following it to perfection, the Wheel reappeared. In the case of the seventh his virtues gradually disappeared through forgetfulness; crime spread, among his subjects, and the Wheel vanished for ever.