Nīta Thera untranslated

Nīta Thera. He was a Brahmin of Sāvatthī and joined the Saṅgha, believing that there he would find pleasure and comfort. He was lazy and indolent, but the Buddha, discerning his antecedents, admonished him, and Nīta, developing insight, became an Arahant.

In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was a Brahmin teacher named Sunanda.

One day, as he prepared a Vājapeyya sacrifice, the Buddha visited him and walked through the air above him. Sunanda threw flowers in the sky, and they formed a canopy over the whole town.

He became king thirty-five times under the name of Abbhasa (v.l. Ambaraṁsa). Thag.vs.84; Thag­a.i.180f.

He is probably identical with Puppachadanīya of the Apadāna. Ap.i.166.