Ugga5
PersonEin Ältester, Sohn eines Bankiers aus einer Stadt in Kosala, der bald nach seiner Ordination die Arhatschaft erlangte, als er den Buddha im Bhaddārāma lehren hörte.
An elder. He was the son of a banker in Ugga, in the Kosala country. When the Buddha was staying in the Bhaddārāma there, Ugga heard him teach and entered the Order. Soon afterwards he became an Arahant.¹⁷
He had been a householder in the time of Sikhī Buddha and offered him a ketaka-flower. As a result, he was born twelve times as king. He is probably to be identified with Sudassana Thera of the Apadāna.¹⁸
Thag 1.80
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