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{{Short description|Thirteenth of twenty-eight Buddhas}}
According to the [[Buddhavamsa]] of the Pali canon, '''Padumuttara Buddha''' is the thirteenth of the twenty-seven buddhas who preceded the historical [[Gotama Buddha]].

In the Buddhavamsa, he is described as:
<Blockquote>One hundred thousand aeons ago, Padumuttara Buddha, who knows everything and deserves every donations, was born alone in that aeon.<ref> "History of Buddhas", [[Buddhavamsa]]</ref></blockquote>
{{Infobox Buddha
| name = Padmottara Buddha
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| sanskrit_name = पद्मोत्तर Padmottara
| bengali_name =
| pali_name = Padumuttara
| burmese_name = ပဒုမုတ္တရဘုရား
| chinese_name = 蓮花上佛 ([[Pinyin]]: ''Liánhuāshàng Fó'')
| japanese_name =
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| mongolian_name =
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| korean_name = 연화상불 ([[Revised Romanization of Korean|RR]]: ''Yeonhwasang Bul'')
| thai_name = พระปทุมุตรพุทธเจ้า ''Phra Patumutar Phutthachao''
| sinhala_name = පදුමුත්තර බුදුන් වහන්සේ
| indonesian_name =
| vietnamese_name = Thắng Liên Hoa Phật Thượng Liên Hoa Phật Bạch Liên Hoa Phật
| veneration = [[Theravada]], [[Mahayana]], [[Vajrayana]]
| attributes = Producing Lotus
| shakti =
| preceded_by = [[Nārada Buddha]]
| succeeded_by = [[Sumedha Buddha]]
}}

== Biography ==
He was born in Hamsavatī. He lived for ten thousand years in three palaces: Naravāhana, Yassa (or Yasavatī) and Vasavatti. His wife was Vasudattā, by whom he had a son, Uttara. His body was fifty-eight [[cubit]]s (between 26.51 meters, or 87 feet) high.

He practiced [[asceticism]] for seven days. He died in Nandārāma at the age of one hundred thousand, and a [[stupa|stūpa]] twelve [[league (unit)|leagues]] in height was erected over his relics.<ref>Vipassana.info, [http://www.vipassana.info/pa/padumuttara.htm Pali Proper Names Dictionary: Padumuttara]</ref>

His life parallels that of [[Gautama Buddha]] except that he was assisted by different people and his [[bodhi tree]] was a ''sarala'' (''[[Dipterocarpus zeylanicus]]'') in Theravada buddhism. Many of Gautama Buddha's disciples were said to have made their aspiration for eminent positions in the time of Padumuttara Buddha.

In the [[Apadāna]] some gods wish to build a stūpa of their own over the relics of Padumuttara. As a [[Tathāgata]] his relics were not separated. Dīpankara attained Nirvāṇa in [[Nandarama|Nandārāma]], where a stūpa was built which was thirty-six [[yojanas]] high.<ref>{{cite book|title=Relics of the Buddha|author=John S. Strong|year=2007|page=45|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Relics_of_the_Buddha.html?id=_KLAxmR8PZAC|isbn=0691117640}}</ref>

== The Buddha and the Lotus ==
Whenever Padumuttara Buddha steps, a [[sacred lotus]] appeared at where his foot land. The lotuses had a length of 90 cubits or 135 feet and a breadth of 60 cubits or 90 feet. The stamens were 30 cubits or 45 feet and the petals were 12 cubits or 18 feet. When his right foot lands, 2.25 [[quarts]] of pollen were produced. When he took another step, the previous lotus disappeared and a new one appeared.<ref> "Jinatthapakāsanī (The explicit life of Gotama Buddha),(Eighth edition) Part 2" by Kyee Thel Lay Htet Sayadaw</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of the twenty-eight Buddhas]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* Vipassana.info: [http://www.vipassana.info/dic_idx.html Pali Proper Names Dictionary]
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