A devaputta. He visits the Buddha at Veḷuvana and tells him that his heart is full of dismay. The Buddha replies that the only path out of sorrow is by way of wisdom, renunciation and restraint (S.i.53). According to the Commentary, (SA.i.88 f; DA.iii.750; MA.i.190 f ), he was a devaputta of Tāvatiṃsa, and one day went to the Nandana Park with one thousand nymphs. Five hundred of them sat with him under the Pāricchattaka-tree, while the others climbed the tree, from which they threw garlands and sang songs. Suddenly all of them vanished and were born in Avīci. Subrahmā, discovering their destiny and investigating his own, finds that he has only seven days more to live. Full of grief, he seeks the Buddha for consolation. At the end of the Buddha’s discourse he becomes a Stream-winner.