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His two female chief disciples were Ven. Sujātā and Ven. Dhammadinnā.
His Bodhi tree was a Kakudha.
His noble male lay-supporters were the wealthy men, Sandhaka and Dhammaka.
His noble female lay-disciples were Visākhā and Dhammadinnā.
Buddha Piyadassī had innumerable followers and good reputation. He was also
endowed with the 32 marks of a Great Man. His height was 80 cubits, like a
great Sāla tree in full bloom.
There was no torchlight, moonlight or sunlight that could vie with the physical
light of the peerless Buddha Piyadassī which surpassed them all.
The lifespan during the time of Buddha Piyadassī was 90,000 years. Living for
four-fifths of this lifespan, he rescued many beings, such as humans, Devas and
Brahmas, from the currents of Saṁsāra and put them on the shores of Nibbāna.
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Buddha Piyadassī, who was to be likened with past peerless Buddhas, and the
pair of his peerless chief disciples, etc., have all vanished. Unsubstantial and
futile indeed are all conditioned things!
In this way, the noble monk, Buddha Piyadassī attained Parinibbāna in the park
of fig trees. In that park, the shrine erected and dedicated to Buddha Piyadassī,
as has been stated before for other Buddhas, was three leagues high.
14. The Chronicle of Buddha Atthadassī
After Buddha Piyadassī had attained Parinibbāna, in that aeon
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the lifespan of
human beings decreased gradually from 90,000 years to ten years, and then it
again increased to immeasurables. When the lifespan reached 100,000 years on
its next decrease, Bodhisatta Atthadassī was reborn in Tusita on complete
fulfilment of the perfections which was a practice common to all Bodhisattas.
Having agreed to the entreaties of Devas and Brahmas to become a Buddha, he
descended to the human world to be conceived in the womb of Queen Sudassanā,
consort of King Sāgara, in the city of Sobhana. Ten months thereafter the
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Which should be called
Maṇḍa-kappa
because it was full of pleasing, spotless, special
attributes though it was actually a
Vara-kappa
as three Buddhas appeared during that
period.