Bandhura Thera untranslated

Bandhura Thera. Son of the seṭṭhi of Sīlavatī. Having gone to Sāvatthī on business and heard the Buddha preach, he entered the Saṅgha, winning Arahant-ship in due course. He later returned to Silāvatī and preached to the king, who became a convert, and built for him a vihāra called Sudassana and paid him great honour. Bandhura gave the vihāra to the monks and returned to Sāvatthī, saying that he had no need of possessions.

In the time of Siddhattha Buddha he was a watchman in the king’s palace and offered kaṇavera flowers to the Buddha and his monks. Thag.vs.103; Thag­a.207f.

He is probably identical with Kaṇaverapupphiya of the Apadāna (Ap.i.182). v.l. Sandhaya, Sandhava.