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Upaḍḍhadussadāyaka

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An arahant who, as a labourer in the time of the Buddha Padumuttara, gave half of his own garment to a monk named Sujāta who was searching for cloth for a robe.

An Arahant. In the time of Padumuttara Buddha, he had been a labourer, and seeing a monk, named Sujāta, looking for rags for a robe, he gave him half the garment he wore. As a result he became king of the gods thirty-three times and king of men seventy-seven times. Ap.ii.436 f.

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