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was the total number of maids serving the princess and the latter was the
number of maids in each batch that waited upon the princess at any given
time.
His son was Prince Uttara.
The vehicle during his renunciation, after seeing the four omens, was a palace.
He practised the austerities for seven days.
His two male chief disciples were Ven. Devala and Ven. Sujāta.
His attendant was Ven. Sumana.
His two female chief disciples were Ven. Amitā and Ven. Asamā.
His Bodhi tree was a Salala tree.
His noble male lay attendants were the wealthy men, Vitiṇṇa and Tissa.
His noble female attendants were Hatthā and Vicittā.
Buddha Padumuttara’s height was 58 cubits.
Endowed with 32 marks of a Great Man, he was like a column of gold erected as
an object of worship.
The radiance emitting from the Buddha’s body cannot be hindered by gates,
doors, walls, trees, high and huge earthen hills, rocky mountains and the like. In
fact, the radiance shone forth within the surrounding area of twelve leagues.
The lifespan during Buddha Padumuttara’s time was 100,000 years. He lived for
80,000 years, four-fifths of the lifespan and rescued many beings, such as
humans, Devas and Brahmas, from the currents of Saṁsāra and placed them on
the shores of Nibbāna.
Having eradicated all kinds of doubt in beings whom he conveyed to Nibbāna,
Buddha Padumuttara with his monastic disciples, attained the end of his
existence just as a great mass of fire became extinct after burning brightly!
In this way, Buddha Padumuttara, conqueror of the five kinds of death (
māra
),
attained Parinibbāna in
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Nanda Park. In the Park, the shrine dedicated to
him was twelve leagues in height.