Mahāparivāra
PersonEin Arahant, der zur Zeit des Buddha Vipassī als Yakkha-Häuptling sein Obergewand als Ehrerbietung darbrachte und durch die Kraft seines Strebens die Erde erbeben ließ, und der vor fünfzehn Weltzeitaltern sechzehnmal unter dem Namen Vāhana König war.
An Arahant. In the time of Vipassī Buddha he was a yakkha chief and, seeing the Buddha enter Bandhumatī with a large following of monks, offered his upper garment and worshipped him. The earth trembled with the force of his wish. Fifteen world-cycles ago he was king sixteen times under the name of Vāhana (Ap.i.146 f). He is probably identical with Pakkha Thera. ThagA.i.144 f.
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