Aggika-Bhāradvāja
PersonA 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.
A brahmin of Rājagaha, evidently different from the above, also a fire-tender. He prepares a meal for sacrifice, and when the Buddha, out of compassion for him, appears before his house for alms, he says the meal is meant only for one who has the “threefold lore” (the three Vedas). The Buddha gives the brahmin another interpretation of the “threefold lore;” (see Aggika Sutta). The brahmin, thereupon, becomes a convert, enters the Order, and, in due course, attains Arahantship. S.i.166 f; SA.i.179.
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