Meḷajina Thera untranslated

Meḷajina Thera. He belonged to a nobleman’s family of Benares, and, becoming distinguished in various branches of knowledge, visited the Buddha at Isipatana. There, gaining faith, he entered the Saṅgha, becoming an Arahant in due course.

Ninety-four kappas ago, in the time of Sumedha Buddha, he was a householder, and, seeing the Buddha begging for alms, gave him an āmoda-fruit. Thag.131f; Thag­a.i.252f.