Vītasoka Thera
					
					Vītasoka Thera:A younger brother of Dhammāsoka and a lay pupil of Giridatta Thera.One day he saw grey hairs on his head as he was being dressed and,seated as he was,he became a sotāpanna.Later he entered the Order and became an arahant.
In the time of Siddhattha Buddha he was a brahmin,skilled in various branches of learning,and later became an ascetic.On his way to see the Buddha he died,and was reborn in the deva world.(ThagA.i.295f.; two verses attributed to him are given in Thag.169 70).He is probably identical with Buddhasaññaka Thera of the Apadāna.Ap.ii.419f.; cf.Dvy.366f.