Devala4
Personヒマヴァーの苦行者で、パドゥムッタラ仏の誕生前にその到来を予期して祠を建て供養を行った人物であり、後に梵天界に生まれ変わりシリマ長老の前世となった
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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