Tambapupphiya
PersonAn elder who, having fled into the forest after committing some crime, came upon the Bodhi tree of Piyadassī Buddha, swept the ground around it, and scattered flowers; he is probably identical with the elder Vanavaccha.
A thera. Ninety-one world-cycles ago he had fled into the forest, having committed some crime.
There he saw the Bodhi-tree of Piyadassī Buddha, and having swept the ground around it, he scattered flowers.
Three world-cycles ago he was a king named Samphusita (Ap.i.176).
He is probably identical with Vanavaccha Thera. ThagA.i.222 f.
Tha Ap 154
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