A warrior (khattiya), father of Sikhī Buddha and husband of Pabhāvatī (Bu.xxi.15; J.i.41; AA.i.436). Aruna’s chief queen became the Therī Abhayā in the present age (ThigA.41). Another of his wives became, in her last life, the Therī Somā (ThigA.66), who is perhaps to be identified with Uppaladāyikā of the Apadāna (Ap.ii.601 f). In the Samyuttanikāya (S.i.155) he is called Aruṇavā.