The Bodhisatta born as King of Bārāṇasī, who, captured and hung upside down by an invading rival king, won his freedom and his enemy’s respect by cultivating loving-kindness even in that extremity.

King of Pupphavatī (Bārāṇasī), son of Vasavatti and father of Caṇḍakumāra; see the Candakumāra Jātaka.