The Buddha’s first cousin and one of his most eminent disciples, later declared foremost among those with the divine eye, who left royal life at Anupiyā Grove together with Ānanda, Bhaddiya, and other Sakyan princes.

A Pacceka Buddha who, in one of Nanda Thera’s past lives, received from him an offering of a canopy of lotus flowers.

Personal attendant of the Buddha Piyadassī, whose question led that Buddha to foretell the future attainments of the monks later known as Nigrodha Thera and Tissa Thera.

Personal attendant of the Buddha Koṇḍañña.

Medieval Theravāda scholar-monk, traditionally credited as author of the Abhidhammatthasaṅgaha and other Abhidhamma manuals, who was an incumbent of the Mūlasoma-vihāra and probably lived in the eleventh or twelfth century.

Teacher of Mahāsumma Thera, remembered for once donating to the Saṅgha a bowl filled with ghee, an incident later cited in a Vinaya discussion on the proper use of monks’ alms bowls.

A king of Ramañña, also known as Anorata, who helped Vijayabāhu I of Sri Lanka re-establish the Buddhist Order there.