Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera
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Thambāropaka Thera
An Arahant. In the past he set up a flagstaff over the cetiya of Dhammadassī Buddha and, climbing to the top of it, decked it with jasmine flowers. Ninety-four world-cycles ago he became king sixteen times, under the name of Thūpasikha (Ap.i.171).