A brahmin of Sāvatthi, of the Bhāradvāja clan. The Buddha, while on his rounds, sees him tending the fire and preparing oblations, and stands for alms in front of his house. The brahmin abuses him, calling him a shaveling (muṇḍaka) and an outcaste (vasala).

Thereupon the Buddha teaches him the Vasala Sutta (or, as it is sometimes called, the Aggika Bhāradvāja Sutta), and wins him over to the faith (Sn.21-5). The sobriquet Aggika was given to him because he was a tender of the sacred fire. SnA.i.174 f.