Sikhí. The twentieth of the twenty four Buddhas.
- He was born in the Nisabha pleasance in Arunavatí,
- his
father being the khattiya Aruna (Arunavá) and
- his mother Pabhávatí.
- He was so
named because his unhísa stood up like a flame (sikhá).
- For seven thousand years
he lived in the household in three palaces -
Sucanda, Giri, Vahana (BuA.p.201 calls them Sucanda kasiri, Giriyasa and
Nárivasabha) -
- his wife being Sabbakámá and his
son Atula.
- He left home on an elephant,
- practised austerities for
eight months,
- was given milk rice by the daughter of Piyadassí setthi of
Sudassananigama,
- and grass for his seat by Anomadassí.
- His Bodhi was a pundaríka.
- His first sermon was preached in the Migácira pleasaunce near Arunavatí,
- and his
Twin Miracle was performed near Suriyavatí under a campaka tree.
The Bodhisatta
was Arindama, king of Paribhutta. Abhibhú and Sambhava were his chief disciples
among monks, and Akhilá (Makhilá) and Padumá among nuns.
- His constant attendant
was Khemankara.
- Among his patrons were Sirivaddha and Canda (Nanda) among men,
- and Cittá and Suguttá among women.
- His body was sixty cubits high, and he lived
to the age of seventy thousand years, dying in Dussáráma (Assáráma) in Sílavatí.
- Over his relics was erected a thúpa three leagues in height
(Bu.xxi.;
BuA.201ff.; cf. D.ii.7; iii.195f.; J.i.41, 94; DhA.i.69; S.ii.9; Dvy.333).
Sikhí
Buddha held the Pátimokkha ceremony only once in six years (DhA.iii.236; cf.
Sp.i.191).
For a visit paid by him to the Brahma world see Abhibhú.
His name also occurs in the Arunavatí Paritta (q.v.).
Sikhí Sutta. The process by which Sikhí Buddha,
like the other Buddhas, reached Enlightenment. S.iii.9.
