An arahant. In Padumuttara's time he was a bird named Kakudha in a lake in Himavā and offered the Buddha a lotus-flower.

Sixteen hundred kappas ago he became king eight times under the name of Varuna (Ap.i.180).

He is probably identical with Malitavambha. ThagA.i.211f.


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