Cūḷāmaṇi-cetiya
PlaceUn cetiya haut d’une lieue à Tāvatiṃsa, érigé par Sakka pour abriter les cheveux que le Bouddha coupa en embrassant la vie ascétique, auquel, après la mort du Bouddha, Sakka ajouta la clavicule droite récupérée auprès de Doṇa
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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