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Padumapūjaka2

Person

කල්ප අනූඑකකට පෙර හිමාලය අසල තපස්විනියක් ලෙස සිට, ශිෂ්‍යයන් සමඟ එක්ව බුදුවරයෙකුට ගෞරවයෙන් නෙළුම් මල් පූජා කළ රහතන් වහන්සේකි.

An Arahant. Ninety-one world-cycles ago he was an ascetic in Gotama, near Himavā, and, together with his pupils, he called to mind the Buddha’s virtues and offered lotuses in his name. Fifty-one world-cycles ago he was a king named Jaluttama (Ap.i.162 f).

He is probably identical with Mendasira. ThagA.i.172.

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