He lived for ten thousand years in three palaces: Naravāhana, Yassa (or Yasavatī) and Vasavatti.

He died in Nandārāma at the age of one hundred thousand, and a stūpa twelve leagues in height was erected over his relics.

[2] His life parallels that of Gautama Buddha except that he was assisted by different people and his bodhi tree was a sarala (Dipterocarpus zeylanicus) in Theravada buddhism.

Many of Gautama Buddha's disciples were said to have made their aspiration for eminent positions in the time of Padumuttara.

Dīpankara attained Nirvāṇa in Nandārāma, where a stūpa was built which was thirty-six yojanas high.