A minister of Devagāma. He once gave food to a starving dog. He was reborn in the same village, and later entered the Order at Pupphavāsa-vihāra. During the Brāhmanatiya famine a tree deity looked after him for twelve years. Once men looking for food wished to kill him, but he was saved by his luck. He became an Arahant, and the deity looked after him for twelve years more. Ras.ii.13 f.

Deva.– See also Malaya-deva and Mahādeva.