One of the six buddhas who preceded Śākyamuni in this Fortunate Eon.

A buddha in the past.

The second buddha in our Bhadra kalpa.

The former buddha of this eon immediately preceding Kāśyapa.

The 2nd buddha in the first list, 2nd in the second list, and 2nd in the third list.

A buddha in the past.

The second buddha in the Bhadraka eon. The Buddha Ratnagarbha specifically prophesies that the third of Ratnagarbha’s thousand Veda-reciting pupils will be this buddha.

The seventh of eight named buddhas of the past (with the addition of Śākyamuni making nine) in The Four Boys’ Absorption. Elsewhere named as the fifth of the seven buddhas, with Śākyamuni as the seventh.

The second buddha of the Fortunate Eon.

Name of a former buddha usually counted as the second of the first four buddhas of the present Good Eon, the other three being Krakucchanda, Kāśyapa, and Śākyamuni.

The second buddha of the Fortunate Eon.

One of the six buddhas who preceded Śākyamuni in this Fortunate Eon.

The fifth of the six buddhas who preceded Śākyamuni.

“Golden Sage.”

One of the six buddhas who preceded Śākyamuni in this Fortunate Eon.

The fifth of the “seven previous buddhas.”

Fifth of the seven tathāgatas/buddhas. Identified in other texts as the second buddha to appear in the present eon.

The name of a previous buddha.

A former buddha in this eon.

The second buddha of the Bhadrakalpa or Fortunate Eon and the fourth of the buddhas of antiquity (Skt. saptatathāgata). Pāli Koṇāgamana.

Name of a buddha who preceded Śākyamuni, usually counted as the second buddha of the current fortunate eon, Śākyamuni being the fourth.

One of the tathāgatas attending the delivery of the MMK.

Fifth of the seven buddhas of the past, and second in this kalpa. Also rendered “Kanaka.”

One of the six buddhas who preceded Śākyamuni in this Fortunate Eon.

One of the six buddhas who preceded Śākyamuni in this Fortunate Eon.

The fifth of seven successive buddhas among whom Śākyamuni is the seventh. He is the second among these buddhas to appear in this eon.

The fifth of the seven buddhas, with Śākyamuni as the seventh. The second buddha in this Bhadraka eon that we are in. In the White Lotus of Compassion Sūtra, Buddha Ratnagarbha specifically prophesies that the third of Ratnagarbha’s thousand vedapāṭhaka pupils will be this buddha. He also earlier prophesies that his fifteenth brother will be a buddha who has that name.

The fifth of the seven buddhas, with Śākyamuni as the seventh. The second buddha in this Bhadraka eon that we are in. In the White Lotus of Compassion Sūtra, Buddha Ratnagarbha specifically prophesies that the third of Ratnagarbha’s thousand vedapāṭhaka pupils will be this buddha. He also earlier prophesies that his fifteenth brother will be a buddha who has that name.

One of the seven buddhas of the Fortunate Eon.

See “Kanakamuni.”