Vacchapāla Thera
Vacchapāla Thera:An arahant.He belonged to a rich brahmin family of Rājagaha.He witnessed the miracles performed by Uruvela Kassapa and his self submission to the Buddha when they visited Bimbisāra together,and marvelling thereat,entered the Order.Within a week he developed insight and became an arahant.
In the past he had been a brahmin,expert in brahmin lore,and one day,while seeking a suitable person to whom he might give a large vessel of milk rice left over from the sacrifice,he saw Vipassī Buddha and offered it to him.Forty one kappas ago he became a king named Buddha (Thag.71; ThagA.i.159f).He is probably identical with Pāyāsadāyaka of the Apadāna.Ap.i.157.