<p>"Historical" is fact established by historical science. Even historical existence of Shakyamuni is debated. There is no other <em>historical</em> buddhas besides Shakyamuni. That is other buddhas are present to us only as <em>mythological</em> characters.</p>

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catpnosis
<p>What references do we have in canonical texts on historical Buddhas and Pacceka Buddhas? Ideally including information beyond the commonly referenced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_twenty-eight_Buddhas" rel="nofollow">28 Buddhas</a>.</p>

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Why the downvote?
Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
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Yeah, I'm confused too. Seems like a perfectly cogent question, as evidenced at very least by catpnosis's equally cogent answer (not to say I agree or disagree with cat ... I have no idea about this matter). Upvoting (albeit only back to zero)
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Who are the past Buddhas mentioned in the Canonical Works?
# Who are the past Buddhas mentioned in the Canonical Works?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-12)

What references do we have in canonical texts on historical Buddhas and Pacceka Buddhas? Ideally including information beyond the commonly referenced [28 Buddhas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_twenty-eight_Buddhas).

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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Why the downvote?  
> **username_1**: Yeah, I'm confused too. Seems like a perfectly cogent question, as evidenced at very least by username_2's equally cogent answer (not to say I agree or disagree with cat ... I have no idea about this matter). Upvoting (albeit only back to zero)  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-08-14. Score: 2

"Historical" is fact established by historical science. Even historical existence of Shakyamuni is debated. There is no other *historical* buddhas besides Shakyamuni. That is other buddhas are present to us only as *mythological* characters.


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