The seventeenth of the twenty-four Buddhas.

He was born in the Anomā pleasance in Khemaka.

His father was Janasandha (v.l. Saccasandha) and his mother Padumā.

He lived the household life for seven thousand years, in three palaces — Guhāsala, Nārī (Nārisa), and Nisabha

He left the world on a horse named Soṇuttara.

For eight months he practised austerities.

After a meal of milk-rice given by the daughter of Vīraseṭṭhi of Vīragāma,

he sat on grass given by a grain-watcher (yavapālaka) named Vijitasaṅgāma

He attained Buddhahood under an asana tree.

He taught his first discourse at Yasavatī to Brahmadeva and Udaya (Udayana) of Haṃsavatī, who later became his chief disciples.

His attendant was Samaṅga (Sambhava)

His chief patrons being Sambala and Siri among men and Kisāgotamī and Upasenā among women.

His chief women disciples were Phussā and Sudattā.

His body was sixty cubits high.

After a life of one hundred thousand years he died at Nandārāma (Sunandārāma) in Sunandavatī.

His body was cremated and a thūpa was erected three leagues in height.¹