Gahvaratīriya Thera untranslated

Gahvaratīriya Thera (Gavharatīriya Thera). He was a Brahmin of Sāvatthī, named Aggidatta. Having seen the Yamakapāṭihāriya, he entered the Saṅgha and lived in a spot called Gahvaratīra – hence his name – and there in due course became an Arahant. On his return to Sāvatthī, his relations held a great almsgiving in his honour and requested him to live near them. But be refused this request and returned to the forest.

He was a hunter in the time of Sikhī Buddha, and was delighted by the sound of the Buddha’s voice as he preached (Thag.v.31; Thag­a.i.91).

He is probably identical with Ghosasaññaka of the Apadāna (Ap.ii.451), but the same verses are also attributed to Dhammika. Thag­a.i.398.