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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 965

[965] [S.] Just as, when the Bodhisatta is being born, there is the manifestation of a great light (āloka), a great illumination (obhāsa), a great earthquake (bhūmicāla), even so, when the being who is to become a universal monarch (cakkavattisatta) is being born, is there the manifestation of a great light, a great illumination, a great earthquake? [P.] It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.