…his discussions were chiefly concerned with such mythical questions as to whether the world is eternal, the nature of life, the existence or…

…an anāgāmī and would, therefore, after death, no longer return to this world. SN.v.217f.

The same Nikāya SN.v.272f. records a visit of…

…waiting on him. He therefore left with a request to Bhuñjatī to greet the Buddha in his name. He also declares DN.ii.286 that he has become…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of dwelling alone in the forest. Thag.62 Vajjiputta’s story is given in the Saṃyutta. SN.i.201f.

A Vajjiputta, perhaps the same person, has another verse that …

Bhadda¹

A lay disciple of Nādikā who, the Buddha declared, had destroyed the five lower fetters and had been born in the highest deva worlds, thence to pass away entirely. DN.ii.92

Bhadda …

…and seems to refer, but more vaguely, to the same limited district. Vin.i.195 Vin.i.196 Vin.ii.298

In J.v.133, however, Avanti is…

The inhabitants of the lowest deva world. his world derives its name from the Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷh …

…had given a royal fief in Campā to the brahmin Soṇadaṇḍa. DN.i.111

The ninth chapter of the Mahā Vagga of the Vinaya Piṭaka…

…lighted the place with his effulgent beauty till late at night; then he sought the Buddha and sang before him verses of exhortation meant for the…

…of the Vedic Indra. He is referred to only very seldom in the Nikāyas, but is usually identifed as Sakka. In one such passage DN.i.244–245 he…