Devala4
PersonUn ascète de l’Himavā qui, avant la naissance du Bouddha Padumuttara, construisit un sanctuaire et fit des offrandes en prévision de sa venue, renaissant plus tard dans le monde de Brahma comme existence antérieure de l’ancien Sirimatthera
An ascetic in Himavā. He lived before the time of Padumuttara Buddha, who was yet in Tusita, but realising in his mind the qualities of previous Buddhas, Devala built a cetiya on the bank of a river and made offerings to it in the name of the Buddha. Later, he was born in the Brahma-world. He was a previous birth of Sirimatthera (Pulinuppādaka).
ThagA.i.280; Ap.ii.426.
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