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Varuṇa
Person
  • One of the chief lay disciples of Sumana Buddha.

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.

Varuṇa3
Person
  • The personal attendant of Anomadassī Buddha.

Varuṇa4
Person
  • The personal attendant of Paduma Buddha.

Varuṇa5
Person
  • The name shared by eight kings who lived sixteen world-cycles ago, all previous births of the elder Malitavambha.

Varuṇa6
Person
  • A disciple of Piyadassī Buddha.

Varuṇa7
Person
  • A brahmin who was a former birth of the elder Suppiya.

Varuṇa8
Person
  • A king who lived fifty-one world-cycles ago in a previous birth of the elder Sayanadāyaka.

Varuṇa9
Person
  • The name shared by two kings who lived one hundred and sixty world-cycles ago, both previous births of the elder Sucintita.

  • A king who lived forty world-cycles ago in a previous birth of the elder Ekasaññaka.

  • A king in the time of Atthadassī Buddha, described as either a deva-king or a sole ruler in different sources, and a previous birth of the elder Sīvalī.

  • A grain-field watcher who gave grass to Siddhattha Buddha to serve as his seat.

  • A brahmin village that was the residence of the brahmin Vasabha.

  • A king who lived twenty-five world-cycles ago in a former birth of the elder Piliṇḍavaccha.

  • A Nāga king in the time of Anomadassī Buddha, a previous birth of Mahā-Moggallāna, who once played music for that Buddha and hosted him in his abode.

  • An ascetic who, together with the hunter Sura, discovered how to make intoxicating liquor, later known as Vāruṇī.

  • A Nāga king, husband of Vimalā and father of Irandatī in the Vidhurapaṇḍita Jātaka, who is there identified with Sāriputta.

  • A king of the devas ranked alongside Sakka, Pajāpati, and Isāna, invoked by brahmins in ritual formulas and counted among the chief yakkha protectors, said by Buddhaghosa to hold the third seat in the assembly of devas.

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