Cūḷa Gavaccha Thera untranslated

Cūḷa Gavaccha Thera, Cūla Gavaccha Thera. A Brahmin of Kosambī. Having heard the Buddha preach, he entered the Saṅgha. At that time the Kosambī monks had become contentious, but Gavaccha remained steadfast and attained to Arahant-ship.

In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was a labourer and, finding the monk Sujāta looking for pieces of stuff for a robe, gave him his garment.

As a result, he was king of the Devas thirty-three times and king of men seven times (Thag.11; Thag­a.i.55f). He is, perhaps, identical with Upaḍḍhadussadāyaka of the Apadāna. Ap.ii.435f; but the same verses are, in Thag­a. (i.266), also attributed to Heraññakāni.