Bhūta untranslated

Bhūta 01. Bhūta Thera. The son of a very wealthy councillor of Sāketa, his last and only child, the others having been devoured by a Yakkha. The child was, therefore, well guarded at his birth, but the Yakkha had meanwhile gone to wait on Vessavaṇa and had not returned. The boy was called Bhūta so that non-humans might protect him. He grew up in great luxury, but, like Yasa, having heard the Buddha preach at Sāketa, he entered the Saṅgha and dwelt on the banks of the Ajakaraṇī, where he attained Arahant-ship. Later, when visiting his relations, he stayed in the Añjanavana. They besought him to remain there, but this he refused to do.

In the time of Siddhattha Buddha he was a Brahmin and, seeing the Buddha, he sang his praises in four verses. Fourteen kappas ago he became king four times under the name of Uggata. Thag.vs.518-26; Thag­a.i.493ff.

He is probably identical with Parappasādaka Thera of the Apadāna. Ap.i.113f.

Bhūta 02. An officer of Parakkamabāhu I. He bore the title Bhaṇḍārapotthakī, and later came to be called Adhikārī. Cv.lxxii.196; lxxiv.72, 119, 136; lxxv.196.

Bhūta 03. The son of a householder of Sāvatthī, his mother being Tissā and his step-mother Mattā. Pv-a.82.