A cross-reference to Nārada Buddha, the ninth of the twenty-four Buddhas.

The personal attendant of Sujāta Buddha.

A brahmin who praised Padumuttara Buddha in verse, a past life of the monk Nāgita.

A brahmin also known as Kesava during the time of Atthadassī Buddha, a past life of the monk Paviṭṭha.

A minister of King Brahmadatta of Bārāṇasī who escorted the ailing ascetic Kesava to a hermitage, identified in the Jātaka with Sāriputta.

A sage, younger brother of Kāḷadevala and pupil of Jotipāla, who fell for a courtesan but was saved through the intervention of his teacher Sarabhaṅga.

An ascetic, son of the ascetic Kassapa, who was tempted by a maiden fleeing from bandits until his father intervened to save him.

A king of Mithilā, seventh in descent from Sādhina, identified in the Jātaka with Ānanda.

A brahmin sage called Nāradadeva who mediated a contest among Sakka’s four daughters over a Pāricchattaka flower, and later admonished King Mahājanaka on renouncing the world.

The Bodhisatta born as a Mahā Brahmā who descended to earth to convince King Aṅgati of the reality of karma by revealing the horrors of hell, as told in the Mahānāradakassapa Jātaka.

A celebrated physician, probably identical with the sage Nārada described elsewhere.

The fifth of the future Buddhas.

A monk who discussed the nature of nibbāna with fellow elders at the Ghositārāma and later consoled King Muṇḍa of Pāṭaliputta over his wife’s death by teaching on impermanence.

The Bodhisatta born as an ascetic; see Devala for the full story.

A yakkha who once demanded a human sacrifice from a nearby village each year until he was converted by Dīpaṅkara Buddha.

A class of devas mentioned alongside the Pabbata devas as beings of wisdom.

An ascetic also known as Kassapa, a past life of the monk Caṅkolapupphiya.

An ascetic also known as Kassapa, a past life of the monk Ekāsanadāyaka.

The ninth of the twenty-four Buddhas, born at Dhaññavatī and enlightened beneath a mahāsona tree after seven days of austerities.