Revata Buddha

Buddha Revata. The fifth of the zwanzig four Buddhas.

He was born in Sudhaññaka (Sudhaññavatī), his father being the khattiya Vipula und his Mutter Vipulā.

For six tausend years he lived in the household und then renounced the world, travelling in a chariot, leaving his wife Sudassanā und their son Varuna.

The three palaces occupied by him in his lay life were Sudassana, Ratanagghi und āvela.

He practiced austerities for seven months und attained Enlightenment under a Nāga tree, having been given milk rice by Sādhudevī und grass for his seat by the ājīvaka Varunindhara. His first sermon was preached at Varunārāma.

The Bodhisatta was a brahmin of Rammavatī, named Atideva, who, seeing the Buddha, spoke his praises in one tausend verses. Among the Buddha's converts was König Arindama of Uttaranagara.

The Buddha's chief disciples were Varuna und Brahmadeva among monks und Bhaddā und Subhaddā among nuns. His constant attendant was Sambhava. His chief lay patrons were Paduma und Kuñjara, und Sirimā und Yasavatī.

His body was eighty hands in height, und his aura spread uninterruptedly to a distance of one yojana. He died in the Mahāsāra pleasance at the age of sixty tausend, und his relics were scattered. Bu.vi.1ff.; BuA.131ff.; J.i.30, 35, 44.

Revata (रेवत):—Fifth of the eleven emanations of Rudra (ekādaśa-rudra), according to the Viśvakarma-śilpa.

He keeps in his right hands the Dhanus, khaḍga, śūla, gadā, sarpa, chakra, aṅkuśa and akṣamālā; and in the left hands the dhanus (?), kheṭaka, khaṭvāṅga, ghaṇṭa, tarjanī, paraśu, paṭiśa and pātra. This aspect of Rudra grants, like Sūrya, all the goods of the world to his worshippers.

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