A householder of Bārāṇasī. He was very pious and looked after his parents. When they wished him to marry Revatī, he refused because she belonged to a family of unbelievers. However, when Revatī offered to help Nandiya in all his work, he agreed and they were married. When Nandiya’s parents died, leaving him very rich, he used the money to feed the poor and needy. Later he built a quadruple hall in the great monastery at Isipatana and furnished it with great splendour. On the day of its dedication to the Buddha and the monks, as the water of donation fell on the Buddha’s hand, there arose in Tāvatiṃsa a celestial mansion, measuring twelve leagues in each direction, for Nandiya’s use. During one of Mahā-Moggallāna’s visits to Tāvatiṃsa he saw this mansion, and was told by many nymphs that they were awaiting Nandiya’s arrival (DhA.iii.290 ff). The Vimānavatthu Commentary (VvA.222 f ) goes on to say that after a life devoted to good deeds Nandiya died, and was born in his celestial mansion, and that Revatī, on the death of her husband, stopped the gifts of alms, abused the monks, and was cast alive into the Ussada niraya by the orders of Vessavaṇa.