Koṇāgamana Buddha

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Koṇāgamana Buddha
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Burmese ကောဏာဂုံ [kɔ́nàɡòʊɴ]
Chinese 拘那含牟尼
Japanese 拘那含牟尼; くなごんむに; Kunagonmuni
Mongolian Канагамуни
Tibetan Serthub
Vietnamese Phật Câu Na Hàm Mâu Ni
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Venerated by Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana
Preceded by Kakusandha Buddha
Succeeded by Kassapa Buddha
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Koṇāgamana Buddha (Pāli), known as Kanakamuni in Sanskrit, also known as Koṇāgon or Kanakagamana, is one of the ancient Buddhas whose biography is chronicled in chapter 23[1] of the Buddhavamsa, one of the books of the Pāli Canon.

According to Theravāda Buddhist tradition, Koṇāgamana is the twenty-sixth of the twenty-nine named Buddhas, the fifth of the Seven Buddhas of Antiquity, and the second of the five Buddhas of the present kalpa.[2]

The present kalpa is called the bhadrakalpa (Auspicious aeon). The five Buddhas of the present kalpa are:[3][4]

  1. Kakusandha (the first Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)
  2. Koṇāgamana (the second Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)
  3. Kassapa (the third Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)
  4. Gautama (the fourth and present Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)
  5. Maitreya (the fifth and future Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)

Koṇāgamana was born in Subhagavati Park in Sobhavati[1] (now known as Araurakot, located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of Nigalihawa) on Wednesday;[5] because of this Koṇāgamana is placed on the Wednesday pedestal.

According to Xuanzang, Koṇāgamana's relics were held in a stupa in Nigalisagar, in what is now Kapilvastu District in southern Nepal.[6] There is an Ashoka pillar at the site today. Ashoka's inscription in Brahmi is on the fragment of the pillar still partly buried in the ground.

See also

Gallery

  • Pillar erected by King Ashoka to commemorate the birthplace of Koṇāgamana Buddha. Nigalihawa, Kapilvastu District, Nepal (inscription on the smaller fragment)

  • Birthplace of Koṇāgamana Buddha. Nigalihawa, Kapilvastu District, Nepal

  • Statue commemorating the birthplace of Koṇāgamana Buddha. Nigalihawa, Kapilvastu District, Nepal

  • Detail of a mural depicting Koṇāgamana Buddha, Wat Ho Xiang, Luang Prabang, Laos

  • Statue of Koṇāgamana Buddha. Buddha Dhatu Jadi known as the Bandarban Golden Temple, Bangladesh

References

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Preceded by Seven Buddhas of the Past Succeeded by
Kassapa Buddha


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