Table A: Comparison of the First Eight Features among the 28 Buddhas

NAME

WHAT HE DID/QUALITIES

*NUMBER OF PENETRATIONS

*NUMBER OF ASSEMBLIES

BODDHISATTVA

MERIT PERFORMED

CITY

FATHER & MOTHER

Tanhankara

Medhankara

Saranakara

Dipankara

Entertained the leader of the world

3: 1 billion, 900 million, 900 billion

3: 1 trillion, 1 billion, 900 billion

Sumedha, Brahman an ascetic

Rammavati

Sumedha

Sumedha

Kondanna

Patience, morality, concentration &  knowledge

3: 9 trillion, 900 billion, 800 billion

3: 1 trillion, 10 billion, 900 million

Vijitavin, universal monarch

Food to 100,000 seers

Rammavati

Sunanda

Sujata

Mangala

Unrivaled luster

3: 1 trillion, 10 billion, 900 million

3: 1 trillion, 10 billion, 900 million

Suruci, a brahmin

Gave perfume and garlands

Uttara

Uttara

Uttara

Sumana

Built a city of Dhamma

3: 1 trillion, 100 billion, 900 billion

3: 1 trillion, 900 billion, 800 billion

Atula

Played music on instruments and gave 1 trillion robes and food and drink to the order of the Buddha

Mekhala

Sudatta

Sirima

Revata

Expounded  the elements and various becomings

3: uncomputable, 10 billion, and 1 trillion

3: uncompuatble, 1 trillion, and 1 trillion

Atideva

Gave him his cloak

Sudhannavati

Vipula

Vipula

Sobhita

Concentration, tranquility of mind

3: uncountable,  900 billion, 10 billion

3: 1 trillion, 900 billion, 80 billion

Sujata

Food and drink to him and his disciples

Sudhamma

Sudhamma

Sudhamma

Anomadassin

Like an ocean, a mountain, endless sky and a blooming tree

3: billions, 800 million, 78 million

3: 800,00, 700,00, 600,000

A chief of yakksas

Gave food and drink to the Buddha

Candavati

Yasava

Yasodhara

Paduma

Moral habit, concentration and glorious knowledge

3: 900 billion, 800 billion, 1 trillion

3: 1 trillion, 300,000, 200,000

Lion

Reverenced at his feet,  roared three times, attended him for 3 weeks

Campaka

Asama

Asama

Narada

Son of a great king; knowledge arose in him while sitting under a Sona tree.

3: 1 trillion, 900 billion, 800 billion

3: 1 trillion, 900 billion, 800 billion

Matted hair ascetic

Gave food and drink to the Buddha and his order and gave sandalwood

Dhannavati

Sudeva

Anoma

Padumuttara

Imperturbable as the ocean

3: one trillion, 37 trillion, 50 trillion

3: one trillion, 900 billion, 80 billion

Jatila, District governor

Cloth and food

Hamsavati

Ananda

Sujata

Sumedha

hard to attack, intense incandescence, clear-eyes, full-mouthed, tall of stature, majestic

3: 1 trillion, 900 billion, 800 billion

3: 1 billion, 900 million, 800 million

Uttara, a Brahman youth

riches

Sudassana

Sudatta

Sudatta

Sujata

Lion-jawed, broad shouldered, immeasurable, stainless and majestic. 

3: 800 billion, 37,000, 6 million

3: 6 million, 5 million, 400,000

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Four continents of his kingdom, 7 treasures, beds and seats

Sumangala

Sugata

Pabhavati

Piyadassin

Self-become difficult to attack, of great renown, shining like the sun

3: 1 trillion, 900 billion, 800 billion

3: 1 trillion, 900 million, 800 million

Kassapa, a brahmin youth

Constructed a park for the monks

Sudhanna

Sudatta

Sucanda

Atthadassin

A bull of men, annihilating gloom

3: 1 trillion each

3: 98,000, 88,000, and 78,000

Susima, a severe matted-hair ascetic

Brought the flowers of the mandarava, the lotus and the coral tree to the Buddha

Sobhana

Sagara

Sudassana

Dhammadassin

Great renown, unrivalled incandescence

3: 1 trillion, 900 million, 800 million

3: 10 billion, 100 million, 800 million

Sakka

Scents, garlands and instrumental music

Sarana

Sarana

Sunanda

Siddhattha

Driving away gloom, like the sun

3: 1 trillion, 900 million, 900 million

3: one billion, 900 million, 800 million

An ascetic named Mangala

Fruit from a rose-apple tree

Vebhara

Udena

Suphasa

Tissa

Unrivalled phychic potency, morality and concentration

3: billions, 900 million, 600 million

3: 100,000, 9 million, 8 million1

A warrior noble named Sujata

Abandoning great possession and bringing flowers of the mandavara, the lotus and coral tree "holding these over Tissa's head

Khemaka

Janasandha

Paduma

Phussa

Highest leader, untangling the great tangle

3: 1 trillion, 900,00, 800,000

3: 6 million, 5 million, 4 million

Warrior noble Vijitavin

Gave up his kingdom to follow the Buddha

Kasika

Jayasena

Sirima

 Vipassin*

A part of the Khattiya race, of the Kondanna clan.  One with vision

3: innumerable, 84,000, 84,000

3: 6,800,000, 100,000, 80,000

Naga King Atula

Played music and gave him a golden seat inlaid with pearls and jewels and greatly embellished

Bandhumatti

Bandhuma

Bandhumati

Sikhin*

Of the Khattiya race, of the Kondanna clan.  Smashed the army of Mara

3: 1 trillion, 900 billion, 800 billion

3:100,000, 80,000, 70,000

Warrior noble Arindama

Gave food and drink, and  10 million robes, as well as a riding elephant

Arunavati

Aruna

Pabhavati

Vessabhu*

A part of the Khattiya race, of the Kondanna clan. Arose like an elephant breaking its shackles

3: 800 billion, 700 billion, 600 million

3: 80,000, 70,000, 60,000

Warrior noble Sudassana

Gave a gift of great value, gave food and drink and clothes to the monks

Anoma

Suppatita

Yasavati

Kakusandha*

A Brahmin of the Kassapa clan. Supreme, immeasurable, hard to attack, he awakened like a lion breaking its cage.

3: 400 billion, 300 billion, innumerable

1: 40,000

Khema

He gave a great gift to the Buddha and his sons and also gave bowls and cloth, ointment, and wild licorice. 

Khemavati

Aggidatta Visakha

Konagamana*

A Brahmin of the Kassapa clan.

3: 300 billion, 200 billion, 100 billion

1: 30,000

Pabbata

gift to the Buddha and the order as well as silk from Pattuna, silk from China, Kasi silk, woolen cloth, and golden sandals

Sobhavati

A Brahmin Yannadatta Uttara

Kassapa*

A Brahmin of the Kassapa clan (Digha Nikaya).  Kassapa cast aside his family

3: 200 billion, 100 billion, 50 billion

Also one of 300 billion and one of incalculable

1:20,000

Jotipala, a Brahmin youth

Illumined the Conqueror�s dispensation

Baranasi

Brahmin Brahmadatta  Dhanavati

Gotama*

A Kshatriya of the Sakya clan

3: 180 million, untold, untold

1: 1,250

Kapilavatthu

Suddhodana

Queen Maya

Maitreya