Śvetaketu
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Śvetaketu (P. Setaketu; T. dam pa tog dkar po; C. Baijing/Baiying 白淨/白英), or "White Banner", is the name of the bodhisattva in the deva realm of Tushita who took rebirth in the human realm (manuṣya) as Siddhartha Gautama.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Śvetaketu.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University