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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Punabbasumitta. A rich merchant in the time of Vipassi Buddha. He built a monastery, one yojana in extent, on the site of Jetavana, the ground of which he bought by covering the whole with golden bricks. J.i.94; Bu.xx.30; DA.ii.424.
2. Punabbasumitta. Son of Sumedha Buddha. BuA.163; the Bu. (xii.20) calls him Sumitta.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Establishing Many Monasteries < [Part 3 - Discourse on proximate preface (santike-nidāna)]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Buddha Chronicle 19: Vipassī Buddhavaṃsa < [Chapter 9 - The chronicle of twenty-four Buddhas]