Primordial Buddhas

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Primordial Buddhas

When using the word "Buddha" we generally mean Śākyamuni Buddha. However in the past there have been many Buddhas. It is said that the present aeon, termed the "bhadrakalpa", will have 1000 Buddhas, earlier aeons had few, if any Buddhas at all.

Śākyamuni Buddha is the 4th Buddha of this aeon. Before this aeon it is said that there were 21 others. The table below gives the names of the various Primordial Buddhas as given in the Buddhavaṃsa of the Pāli Khuddakanikāya.

1.
Buddha Dīpankara (p)
Buddha Dīpankara (s)

2.
Buddha Koṇdañña (p)
Buddha Kauṇḍiya (s)

3.
Buddha Mangala (p)
Buddha Mangala (s)

4.
Buddha Sumana (p)
Buddha Sumana (s)

5.
Buddha Revata (p)
Buddha Raivata (s)

6.
Buddha Sobhita (p)
Buddha Śobhita (s)

7.
Buddha Anomadassa (p)
Buddha Anavamadarśin (s)

8.
Buddha Paduma (p)
Buddha Padma (s)

9.
Buddha Nārada (p)
Buddha Nārada (s)

10.
Buddha Padumuttara (p)
Buddha Padumottara (s)

11.
Buddha Sumedha (p)
Buddha Sumedha (s)

12.
Buddha Sujāta (p)
Buddha Sujāta (s)

13.
Buddha Piyadassi (p)
Buddha Priyadarśin (s)

14.
Buddha Aţţhadassi (p)
Buddha Arthadaśin (s)

15.
Buddha Dhammadassi (p)
Buddha Dharmadarśin (s)

16.
Buddha Siddhattha (p)
Buddha Siddhārtha (s)

17.
Buddha Tissa (p)
Buddha Tiṣya (s)

18.
Buddha Phussa (p)
Buddha Puṣya (s)

90 Aeons ago:
19.
Buddha Vipassi (p)
Buddha Vipaśyin (s)

31 Aeons ago:
20.
Buddha Sikhī (p)
Buddha Śikhin (s)

21.
Buddha Vessabhu (p)
Buddha Viśvabhuj (s)

The present Aeon:

22. - 1.
Buddha Kakusandha (p)
Buddha Krakucchanda (s)
of Khemavatī

23. - 2.
Buddha Koṇāgamana (p)
Buddha Kanakamuni (s)
of Sobhavatī

24. - 3.
Buddha Kassapa (p)
Buddha Kāśyapa (s)
of Vārāṇasī

25. - 4.
Buddha Siddhattha Gotama (Sakiyamuni) (p)
Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Śākyamuni) (s)
of Kapilivatthu

Future:
5.
Buddha Metteyya (p)
Buddha Maitreya (s)

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