A millionaire (seṭṭhi) of Kosambī, friend of Ghosita and Kukkuṭa. When these three went to Sāvatthi to invite the Buddha to Kosambī, they erected three monasteries to accommodate the Buddha and his monks. The one built by Pāvārika was in his Mango grove (ambavana) and, is referred to as Pāvārikārāma and Pāvārikambavana. DA.i.319; AA.i.234 f; MA.i.541; DhA.i.203 ff.