Date
Name Dipankara
Gender Masculine
Scripts दीपंकर(Sanskrit)
Theme light
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Meaning & History
Means "causer of light", from Sanskrit दीप (dīpa) meaning "light, lamp" and कर (kara) meaning "maker, doer". This is the name of a previous buddha believed to have lived thousands of years ago, who became enlightened eons prior to Siddhartha Gautama.