The Bodhisatta born as an ascetic in the time of Siddhattha Buddha (Bu.xvii.8; M.T.62). He was a very rich brahmin of Surasena, and later gave away all his wealth and became an ascetic. On one occasion, by his psychic power, he obtained fruit that grew on the rose-apple (jambu) tree (which gave its name to Jambudīpa) and offered it at the Surasena-vihāra to Siddhattha Buddha and nine hundred million monks. BuA.187.