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Ekadīpiya

Person

一位阿羅漢,九十四劫前曾在悉達多佛舍利塔前徹夜燃燈供養,此後長住天界並多次為天王人王,最後一生四歲出家,半月內即證阿羅漢果。

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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