Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera
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Nalinakesariya Thera
An Arahant. Ninety-two world-cycles ago he was a water fowl, who, having seen Tissa Buddha travelling through the air, took a lotus flower in his beak and offered it to him. Seventy-three world-cycles ago he was a king named Satapatta (Ap.i.223).