Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names by G P Malalasekera
Pulinuppādaka Thera
Pulinuppādaka Thera:An arahant.One hundred thousand kappas ago he was an ascetic named Devala with eighty thousand followers.He erected a thūpa of sand and honoured it in the name of the Buddha (Ap.ii.426 ff).He is probably identical with Sirima Thera.ThagA.i.280f.