Vaḍḍhamāna untranslated

Vaḍḍhamāna 01. Vaḍḍhamāna Thera. An Arahant. He belonged to a Licchavī rājā’s family in Vesālī and was a devoted follower of the Buddha, delighting in waiting upon him and in making gifts to the monks. Later, because of an offence he had committed, the Buddha passed on him the sentence of pattanikkujjana. He was much grieved and begged the forgiveness of the Saṅgha, and, because of his agitation, he renounced the world and joined the Saṅgha. But he was given up to sloth and torpor, till the Buddha admonished him in a verse (this verse is found in the Thag.vs.40; elsewhere (Thag.vs.1162) this verse is ascribed to Moggallāna as having been spoken by him to a monk named Tissa and again repeated (vs. 1163) by him to Vaḍḍhamāna). He then put forth effort and became an Arahant. He is probably to be identified with Vaḍḍha (1), though no mention is made of Vaḍḍha having entered the Saṅgha.

In the time of Tissa Buddha he had been a householder and had given the Buddha beautiful mango fruits. Thag­a.i.106.

Vaḍḍhamāna 02. The capital of Ceylon (Varadīpa) in the time of Koṇāgamana Buddha. Its king was Samiddha. Mhv.xv.92; Dpv.xv.48; xvii.6; Vin-a.i.86.

Vaḍḍhamāna 03. A city (nagara) in Mahā Gāma, over which Gāmaṇi Abhaya (afterwards Duṭṭhagāmaṇī) was appointed chief soon after his birth (Mhv­ṭ.443).

A story is related (AN­a.ii.522) of a hunter of Vaḍḍhamāna who, in the name of his dead kinsman, gave alms to a wicked monk. Three times he did this, till the spirit of the Peta cried out against it. He then gave alms to a good monk. The Peta benefited by his gift.

Vaḍḍhamāna 04. The name of a Bodhi-tree in Ceylon. Attached to it was a temple, restored by Aggabodhi IV. (Cv.xlviii.5) and again by Udaya V. (Cv.xlix.15).

Vaḍḍhamāna 05. A palace to be occupied by the future Metteyya Buddha. Anāg.vs.46.

Vaḍḍhamāna 06. A district in Ceylon, given by King Saddhātissa to his minister, Saddhātissa (2). Ras.ii.10.