Māṇavagāmiya untranslated

Māṇavagāmiya, Māṇavagāmika. A Devaputta. He visited the Buddha in the company of Asama, Sahali, Niṅka, Akoṭaka and Veṭambarī, and while these all spoke in praise of their own teachers, Māṇavagāmiya sang the glories of the Buddha (SN.i.65, 67; Mil.242). It is said (SN­a.i.101) that in his previous birth he was a body servant of the Bodhisatta.