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  • A fire-tending brahmin of Sāvatthi who abused the Buddha as an outcaste but was won over to the faith through the teaching of the Vasala Sutta.

Aggika-Bhāradvāja
Personapproximate
  • A fire-worshipping brahmin of Rājagaha who, after the Buddha reinterpreted for him the meaning of the ‘threefold lore,’ entered the Order and in due course attained Arahantship.

Aggika-Bhāradvāja2
Otherapproximate
  • The name assumed by the jackal in the Aggika Jātaka.

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