The Twenty-Four Buddhas – 211
His father was the Brahmin Yaññadatta and his mother was Uttarā, a Brahmin
lady.
He lived a household life for 3,000 years.
He lived in three palatial mansions: Tusita, Santusita and Santuṭṭha.
His wife was Rucigattā, a Brahmin lady, who had a retinue of 16,000 female
Brahmin attendants.
His son was Satthavāha.
He renounced the world riding an elephant after seeing the four omens.
He practised the austerities for six months.
His two male chief disciples were Ven. Bhiyyosa and Ven. Uttara.
His attendant was Ven. Sotthija.
His two female chief disciples were Ven. Samuddā and Ven. Uttarā.
His Bodhi tree was a Cluster Fig (
Udumbara
).
His noble male supporters were the wealthy men, Ugga and Somadeva.
His female supporters were Sīvalā and Sāmā.
Buddha Koṇāgamana’s height was 30 cubits.
He was adorned with the radiance of six colours like the pure gold in the
goldsmith’s crucible.
The lifespan during Buddha Koṇāgamana’s time was 30,000 years. For four-
fifths of this lifespan he lived, rescuing beings, such as humans, Devas and
Brahmas, from the flood waters of Saṁsāra and placing them on the shores of
Nibbāna.
In order that beings could stay and worship on the shrine platform of insight
wisdom (
vipassanā-ñāṇa-paññā
), Buddha Koṇāgamana constructed the shrine of
the 37 constituents of Awakening (
Bodhi-pakkhiya-dhammā
) that was adorned
with the banner of the four noble truths, and made the “bouquet of Dhamma,”
after which, with his Arahat disciples, he attained Parinibbāna.
Buddha Koṇāgamana’s disciples, who were accomplished in the exercise of
supernormal powers, and Buddha Koṇāgamana, who had expounded