KoṇāgamanaKonāgamanaKanakamuniKanakāgamanaKaṇakāgamana

The second Buddha to be born in the Bhaddakappa. He was a brahman of the Kassapa clan who lived for 30,000 years. His enlightenment tree was an Udumbara, his two chief discples were Bhiyyosa and Uttara, and he had an assembly of 30,000 monks, all arahants. His attendant was Sotthija, his father was Yaññadatta, his mother was Uttarā, and the king at the time was Sobha, who dwelt in the capital of Sobhavatī. DN.ii.1

In Koṇāgamana’s time Mount Vepulla was known as Vaṅkaka, and the people living on the mountain were called Rohitassā, their term of life being thirty thousand years. SN.ii.191