[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.c38.218 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c38.218 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c38.218 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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. - [Previous: v2.c38.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.217) - [Next: v2.c38.219](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.219) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.218) · Pramāṇa