Jātipūjaka
PersonEin Arahant, der bei der Geburt Vipassīs, als Wahrsager voraussagten, das Kind werde ein Buddha werden, Jasminblüten zur Feier darbrachte; er ist vermutlich identisch mit dem Thera Samitigutta
An Arahant. On the day of Vipassī Buddha’s birth many miracles occurred, and soothsayers predicted that he would be a Buddha. Jātipūjaka, hearing this, offered him jasmine flowers. Three world-cycles ago he became king thirty-four times under the name of Supāricariya (Ap.i.154).
He is probably identical with Samitigutta. ThagA.i.176.
Tha Ap 122
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