Vessabhū untranslated

Vessabhū 01. Vessabhū Buddha. The twenty-first of the twenty-four Buddhas. He was born in the pleasance of Anoma (Commentary, Anūpama), his father being the Khattiya Suppatita (Supatita) and his mother Yasavatī.

On the day of his birth he roared “like a bull” a shout of triumph, hence his name (vasabhanādahetuttā). (But Mhv­ṭ. 63 gives another explanation: hīnaṁ janānaṁ abhibhūto maggena abhibhavitakilesahīno ti vā, one who has overcome inferior people through the Path, or one whose defilements have been overcome and are dimished. Divy.333 calls him Viśvabhū).

For six thousand years he lived in the household in three palaces: Ruci, Suruci and Vaḍḍhana (Rativaḍḍhana); his wife was Sucittā, and their son Suppabuddha. He left home in a golden palanquin, practiced austerities for six months, was given milk-rice by Sirivaḍḍhanā of Sucittanigama, and grass for his seat by the Nāga king Narinda, and attained Awakening under a sāla tree. He preached his first sermon at Anurārāma to his brothers, Soṇa and Uttara, who became his chief disciples. Among women his chief disciples were Dāmā and Samālā, his constant attendant Upasanta (Upasannaka), his chief lay patrons Sotthika and Rāma among men, and Gotamī (Kāḷigotamī) and Sirimā among women. He was sixty cubits in height and lived for sixty thousand years. He died at the Khemārāma in Usabhavatī and his relics were scattered. The Bodhisatta was King Sudassana of Sarabhavatī (Bv.xxii.1ff.; Bv­a.205ff.; DN.ii.5.; Ja.i.41). Vessabhū Buddha kept the uposatha once in every six years. Dhp­a.iii.236.

Vessabhū 02. King of Avanti in the time of Reṇu. His capital was Māhissatī. DN.ii.236.