Ekasaññaka
PersonAn arahant who gave a meal to a monk named Khaṇḍa, a disciple of Vessabhū Buddha, and who was later a king named Varuṇa; he was called Ekasaññaka because in his final life he recalled this act of giving.
An Arahant. In the past he gave a meal to a monk named Khanda, a disciple of Vessabhū Buddha. Forty world-cycles ago he was a king named Varuṇa (Ap.i.121). The Apadāna Commentary says he was given the name Ekasaññaka because in his last life he remembered his gift to Khanda.
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