Nāgasamāla2
PersonAn Arahant distinguished in the Apadāna from the preceding Nāgasamāla, said to have offered a flower at Sikhī Buddha’s shrine in a past life and, according to the commentary, to have served for a time as the Buddha’s personal attendant.
An Arahant. The Apadāna (Ap.i.119) distinguishes him from the above, whom it calls Ekachattiya. Thirty-one world-cycles ago he placed a pātali flower on the thūpa of Sikhī Buddha. Fifteen world-cycles ago he was a king named Bhūmiya.
The Apadāna Commentary says, however, that this thera was the personal attendant (pacchāsamaṇa = monk who walks behind) of the Buddha for some time and that he was called Nāgasamāla because his body was tender as nāga-buds.
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