Phussa untranslated

Phussa 01. Phussa Buddha. The eighteenth of the twenty-four Buddhas. He was born in the Sirimā-uyyāna in Kāsi, his father being the Khattiya Jayasena and his mother Sirimā. AN­a.i.144 says that his father was Mahinda and that he had three step-brothers. One of them was Uruvelā Kassapa in this birth (AN­a.i.165).

He lived for six thousand years in three palaces: Garuḷa, Haṁsa and Suvaṇṇabhara. His wife was Kisā Gotamī and his son Ānanda (or Anūpama). His body was fifty-eight cubits high. He left the world riding an elephant, and practised austerities for six months. A seṭṭhi’s daughter, Sirivaḍḍhā, gave him milk-rice, while an ascetic, named Sirivaḍḍha, gave him grass for his seat, under an āmanda (or āmalaka) tree. His chief disciples were Sukhita (or Surakkhita) and Dhammasena among men and Cālā (or Sālā) and Upacālā (Upasālā) among women. His personal attendant was Sambhiya. Dhanañjaya and Visākha among men, and Padumā and Nāgā among women, were his chief lay patrons. The Bodhisatta was a Khattiya named Vijitāvī of Arimanda. The Buddha lived for ninety thousand years and died at the Sonārāma (Setārāma) in Kusinārā. His relics were scattered (Bv.xix.1ff.; Bv­a.192f.; Pv-a.19f). Ambapālī was his sister. Ap.ii. 613.

Phussa 02. Phussa Thera. He was the son of a ruler of a province and was trained in all accomplishments. Having heard a great Thera preach, he left the world and joined the Saṅgha. He practised jhāna and became an Arahant. One day an ascetic named Paṇḍarassagotta heard him preach and questioned him on the future progress of Bhikkhus. Phussa’s reply is contained in the Theragāthā, vs. 949-80; Thag­a.ii.82f.

Phussā. One of the two chief women disciples of Tissa Buddha. Ja.i.40; Bv.xviii. 22.