Ekadīpiya
Person九十四劫前、シッダッタ仏の遺骨塔のそばで一晩中灯明を灯し続け、その後長い間天界で暮らし何度も王として生まれ変わった後、四歳で出家し二週間以内に阿羅漢果を得た阿羅漢。
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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