The eighth of the twenty four Buddhas. He was born in Campaka. His father was the Khattiya Asama (but see J.i.36, where he is called Paduma ) and his mother Asamá. For ten thousand years he lived as a householder in three palaces: Nandá, Suyasá and Uttará (BuA. calls them Uttará, Vasuttará and Yasuttará). His wife was Uttará and his son Ramma. He left home in a chariot and practiced austerities for eight months. Dhaññavatí gave him milk rice, and an Ajívaka, named Titthaka, spread grass for his seat under his bodhi tree, which was a Mahásona. He preached his first sermon in Dhanañjuyyána. His chief disciples were his younger brothers Sála and Upasála and his attendant was Varuna. Rádhá and Surádhá were his chief women disciples, and his chief patrons were Bhiyya and Asama among men and Rucí and Nandarámá among women.
His body was fifty eight cubits high, and he lived for one hundred thousand years. He died in Dhammáráma and his relics were scattered. The Buddhavamsa Commentary states that his full name was Mahápaduma, that he was so called because on the day of his birth a shower of lotuses fell over Jambudípa, and that, at that time, the Bodhisatta was a lion.
Bu ix.; BuA.146ff.; J.i.36; Mhv.i.7; DhA.i.84.
One of the chief lay disciples of Revata Buddha. Bu.vi.23.
One of the three palaces occupied by Sobhita Buddha in his last lay life. Bu.vii.17.
Step brother of Dhammadassí Buddha. The Buddha preached to him at Sarana, and he later became the Buddha's chief disciple. Bu.xvi.18; BuA.183; J.i.39.
A palace occupied by Siddhattha Buddha. BuA.185; but see Bu.xvii.14.
A Pacceka Buddha to whom Anúpama (or Ankolapupphiya) Thera offered some ákulí flowers. ThagA.i.335; Ap.i.287; see also M.iii.70 and PvA.75.
A cakkavatti of eight kappas ago; a previous birth of Pindola Bháradvája. Ap.i.50.
A cetiya built by Mahá Kaccána, in a previous birth, for Padumuttara Buddha (Ap.i.84). The Apadána Commentary explains that the building was, in fact, a gandhakuti, which was called a cetiya as a mark of respect (pújaníyabhávena), and that it was called Paduma because it was shaped like a lotus and was covered with lotuses.
An arahant. He once threw a lotus to Padumuttara Buddha as he was traveling through the air, and the Buddha accepted it. For thirty kappas Paduma was king of the devas, and for seven hundred king of men. Ap.i.109f.
A Niraya. The Sutta Nipáta explains that it was not a separate Niraya but only a period of suffering.
The monk Kokálika was born there. SN. p.126; J.iv.245; AA.ii.853; DhA.iv.91.
A rock near Himavá. Ap.ii.362.
One of the Theras who assisted at the foundation-laying ceremony of the Mahá Thúpa. Dpv.xix.8; MT. (524) calls him Mahápaduma.
The Bodhisatta born as king of Benares. See the Culla Paduma Játaka.
The Bodhisatta born as son of the king of Benares. See the Mahá Paduma Játaka.
See Mahápaduma.