Ukkhittapadumiya Thera
					
					Ukkhittapadumiya Thera:An arahant.
In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he had been a garland-maker of Hamsavatī.Once while he was picking lotuses in a pond,the Buddha appeared before him with numerous disciples.The garland-maker picked a lotus and threw it up into the air,wishing it to remain above the Buddha’s head; by the Buddha’s power it did thus remain.As a result,the garland-maker was reborn in Tāvatimsa in a palace named Satapatta.
 
A thousand times he was king of the devas and five hundred times king of men.Ap.i.275f.