An Arahant. He belonged to a noble family of Rohī (Rohiṇī) and succeeded to his father’s estate. Once, when he was holding a ceremonial oblation, a great number of people assembled, and the Buddha, arriving among them, taught from the sky, seated in a jewelled pavilion made for him by Vessavaṇa. Paccaya heard the teaching and renounced the world, attaining Arahantship in a few days, and not leaving his cell until he had developed insight.

It is said that in the time of Kassapa Buddha, Paccaya was a monk who refused to leave the vihāra until he gained insight, but he died before his purpose was fulfilled. Earlier, ninety-one world-cycles ago, he had come across Vipassī Buddha, on the banks of the Vinatā, and had offered him a fig (udumbara) (Thag. vss. 222-4; ThagA.i.341 f). He is probably identical with Udumbaraphaladāyaka of the Apadāna. Ap.i.295.