| Academic | Sutta Name | Notes | PSA Plae | Vagga | Nikaya | PTS | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN.IV.36 | Do.na Sutta | Seeing the imprint of a 1000-spoked wheel in each footprint of the Buddha (one of the signs of a Great Man), Do.na assumes the Buddha cannot be human and asks whether he is: 1. an angel; 2. a Gandhabba; 3. an ogre; 4. a human. The Buddha replies that he is none of these -- but one in which the defilements leading to rebirth in such forms has been abandoned -- just as the lotus grown up in the water, reaches the surface of the water and stands unsoiled by the water -- in the same way although the Buddha was born in the world, has grown up in the world, the Buddha has overcome the world | 35/136 | Catukanipaata Pa.thama Pa.n.naasaka | A"nguttara | A.ii. |