A thera, son of an eminent brahmin of Rājagaha, who declined marriage to devote himself to the Dhamma and, after being wrongly condemned to impalement for another’s crime, attained sixfold higher knowledge and Arahantship through the Buddha’s touch, his wound miraculously healing.

A thera, son of a brahmin of Sāketa, who joined the Order after witnessing the Twin Miracle and the Buddha’s teaching of the Kāḷakārāma Sutta, and attained Arahantship at Rājagaha.

A deva who visited the Buddha at the Añjanavana in Sāketa and exchanged verses with him.

A thera and attendant of the elder Revata who, persuaded by Vajjian monks during their dispute over the Ten Points to accept a robe and speak in their favour, was promptly dismissed by Revata on discovering the deed.

An Arahant sent by Asoka, together with Soṇa, at the close of the Third Council to convert Suvaṇṇabhūmi, where they overcame a demon that preyed on royal infants and converted tens of thousands.

A brahmin youth, pupil of Pārāsariya, who visited the Buddha at Kajaṅgalā and was taught the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta on the development of the faculties.

A youth of Kosambī, son of a minister of King Udena, who became a devoted lay follower of Mahā-Kaccāna, attained Stream-winning, and built a monastery, though his own mother’s refusal to support the monks led to her rebirth as a peta.

A brahmin youth taught the correct answers by the Buddha to win the hand of the nāga king Erakapatta’s daughter, becoming a Stream-winner in the process and bringing the delighted nāga king to hear the Buddha teach.

A pupil of the brahmin Brahmāyu who was sent to verify the Buddha’s thirty-two marks of a Great Man and, having confirmed them, discreetly observed the Buddha’s every posture for seven months before reporting back.

A youth, personal attendant of King Pasenadi, whom the Buddha taught a stanza on moderation in eating to be recited whenever the king dined.

A royal prince taught by the Buddha Koṇāgamana at Surindavatī who later became that Buddha’s chief disciple.

A younger brother of the Buddha Vessabhū who received his first discourse and later became his chief disciple.

The son of the Buddha Kakusandha in his final lay life.

The name of the Bodhisatta in the time of the Buddha Sumedha, when he spent a vast fortune on alms-giving before joining the Order.

A warrior-caste father of the Buddha Maṅgala.

The son of the Buddha Padumuttara in his final lay life, identified as the Bodhisatta.

A nephew of King Khallātanāga of Sri Lanka who conspired with his brothers to kill the king and, on discovery, took his own life by leaping onto a funeral pyre.

A wealthy banker of Sāvatthi whose son’s story is told in the Vaṭṭaka Jātaka.

The city in which the Buddha Maṅgala was born.

The city of King Arindama, where the Buddha Revata taught him and the assembled populace.

A township near which the Buddha Revata spent seven days in meditation before teaching on the attainment of cessation.

One of the palaces occupied by the Buddha Paduma before his renunciation.

A township of the Koliyan people where the Buddha, during a stay, was visited by the headman Pātaliya.

A nunnery built by King Mahāsena of Sri Lanka.

A general serving King Moggallāna I of Sri Lanka.

A meditation hall built by the general Uttara (25).

A minister of King Sena I of Sri Lanka who built a dwelling house called Uttarasena in the Abhayuttara monastery.

A thera who, with sixty thousand others, travelled from the Vattaniya hermitage to attend the foundation ceremony of the Great Stupa at Anurādhapura.

A banker of Uttaragāma, father of Uttarā (13).

An Ājīvaka ascetic who offered eight handfuls of grass to the Buddha Maṅgala for his seat.

A reference to the Bherapāsāna monastery.

An Arahant nun born into a Sakyan family of Kapilavatthu who served as a lady of the Bodhisatta’s court before renouncing the world alongside Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī.

An Arahant nun, daughter of a clansman of Sāvatthi, who entered the Order after hearing Paṭācārā teach and won liberation through her resolve not to leave her sitting posture until freed.

A lay disciple admonished in two verses of the Theragāthā attributed to Ānanda for her vanity over her own beauty, though some say the verses instead addressed those infatuated with Ambapāli.

The wife of Puṇṇasīha and mother of another Uttarā, whose story is told under Puṇṇasīha.

The daughter of Nandaka, a general of Piṅgala, king of Surattha, whose story is told under Nandaka.

A young yakkhiṇī, sister of Punabbasu, whose story is told under Uttaramātā.

The mother of the Buddha Maṅgala.

A brahmin lady who was both the mother of the Buddha Koṇāgamana and, in a separate life, his chief female disciple.

The chief female disciple of the Buddha Nārada.

The wife of the Buddha Paduma during his last life as a layman.

One of the chief female lay supporters of the Buddha Vipassī.

The daughter of the banker Uttara who offered a meal of milk-rice to the Buddha Maṅgala just before his enlightenment.