A Licchavi. He was a friend of the Mettiyabhummajakā (q.v.), and, at their instigation, charged Dabba Mallaputta with having committed adultery with his wife. Dabba repudiated the charge, and the Buddha ordered the monks to overturn the almsbowl (pattanikkujjana) for Vaḍḍha. When Ānanda visited Vaḍḍha and told him this news he fell in a faint, and, later, visited the Buddha with his family to ask for forgiveness. He was ordered to go before the Saṅgha and confess his error, after which the sentence was revoked. Vin.ii.124 ff.

He is probably identical with Vaḍḍhamāna Thera (q.v.)