Araṇemi untranslated

Araṇemi 01. A Brahmin teacher of a past age, given in a list of six teachers, who were Purohitas. AN.iii.373. The others being Sunetta, Mūgapakkha, Kuddālaka, Hatthipāla and Jotipāla. In AN.iv.135f a seventh name is added, Araka; see also Divy, 632.

They practised ahiṁsā and, abstaining from flesh, got rid of their lusts. As a result, they were born in the Brahmaloka. They had many disciples.

Araṇemi 02. Tibetan sources mention a king, Araṇemi Brahmadatta of Sāvatthī, who was father of Pasenadi. He was exiled from his kingdom and lived in Campā (Rockhill, pp.16, 70). But see Mahā Kosala.

Araṇemi 03. See Anoma (5).