Pāli Dictionary

Cūḷāmaṇi-cetiya

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Eine Cetiya von einer Meile Höhe in Tāvatiṃsa, von Sakka errichtet, um die Haare zu bewahren, die der Buddha abschnitt, als er das Asketenleben aufnahm, der Sakka nach dem Tod des Buddha das von Doṇa erhaltene rechte Schlüsselbein hinzufügte

A cetiya in Tāvatiṃsa one league in height, raised by Sakka over the hair cut off by the Buddha when he donned an ascetic’s robes on the banks of the Anomā (J.i.65).

After the Buddha’s death, Sakka added to the hair the right collar bone taken by him from Doṇa (q.v.), who was trying to conceal it in his turban. DA.ii.609; MT.376; BuA.235; Mhv.xvii.20.

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