Ekadīpiya
PersonEin Arahant, der vor vierundneunzig Weltzeitaltern die ganze Nacht am Reliquienschrein des Buddha Siddhattha eine Lampe brennen ließ, danach lange Zeitalter im Himmel genoss und wiederholt als König wiedergeboren wurde, bevor er mit vier Jahren in den Orden eintrat und innerhalb von zwei Wochen die Arahatschaft erlangte.
An Arahant. Ninety-four world-cycles ago he kept a lamp lighted all night near the thūpa built over the relics of Siddhattha Buddha. For seventy-seven world-cycles he was in heaven and was thirty-one times king of the devas. Twenty-eight times be was king among men. His body shone like the sun, and he could see a distance of one hundred leagues. His palace in heaven was called Ekadīpi. He entered the Order at the age of four ¹ (?) and in a fortnight became an Arahant. Ap.ii.373.
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