Kakusandha
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Kakusandha (Pāli), or Krakucchaṃda in Sanskrit, is one of the ancient Buddhas whose biography is chronicled in chapter 22[1] of the Buddhavaṃsa, one of the books of the Pali Canon.
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Kakusandha Buddha | |
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Sanskrit | क्रकुच्छंद Krakucchaṃda |
Pāli | Kakusandha |
Burmese | ကကုသန် ([ka̰kṵθàɰ̃]) |
Chinese | 拘留孙佛 (Pinyin: Jūliúsūn Fó) |
Japanese | 拘留孫仏 (romaji: Kuruson Butsu) |
Khmer | ព្រះពុទ្ធកកុសន្ធោ Preah Puth Kakosantho |
Korean | 구류손불 (RR: Guryuson Bul) |
Mongolian | Кракучандра |
Sinhala | කකුසඳ බුදුන් වහන්සේ Kakusandha budun wahanse |
Thai | พระกกุสันธพุทธเจ้า Phra Kakusantha Phutthachao |
Tibetan | འཁོར་བ་འཇིག་ Wylie: 'khor ba 'jig THL: khorwa jik |
Vietnamese | Phật Câu Lưu Tôn |
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Venerated by | Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana |
Preceded by Viśvabhū Buddha Succeeded by Kanakamuni Buddha | |
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According to Theravāda Buddhist tradition, Kakusandha is the twenty-fifth of the twenty-nine named Buddhas, the fourth of the Seven Buddhas of Antiquity, and the first of the five Buddhas of the present kalpa.[2]
The present kalpa is called the bhadrakalpa (Auspicious aeon). The five Buddhas of the present kalpa are:[3][4]
- Kakusandha (the first Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)
- Koṇāgamana (the second Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)
- Kassapa (the third Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)
- Gautama (the fourth and present Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)
- Maitreya (the fifth and future Buddha of the bhadrakalpa)