Pāli Dictionary

Varuṇa2

Person

A son of Revata Buddha and also his chief disciple, who once taught vast crowds on the three characteristics and ordained a hundred thousand persons during an illness.

Son of Revata Buddha and also his chief disciple. His mother was Sudassanā (Bu.vi.18, 21; J.i.35). Once, when he was ill, large numbers of people came to see him, and he taught them on the three characteristics, ordaining one hundred thousand persons by the “ehi bhikkhu” ordination. BuA.134.

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