Padumapūjaka Thera untranslated

Padumapūjaka Thera 01. An Arahant. Ninety-one kappas ago he lived in Romasa, near Himavā, and offered a lotus to the Pacceka Buddha Sambhava (Ap.i.279f.; see also Padumadhāriya). In the Theragāthā Commentary (i.399) his verses are attributed to Sappaka Thera, and it is said there that in the time of Sambhava he was a Nāga king.

Padumapūjaka Thera 02. An Arahant. Ninety-one kappas ago he was an ascetic in Gotama, near Himavā, and, together with his pupils, he called to mind the Buddha’s virtues and offered lotuses in his name. Fifty-one kappas ago he was a king named Jaluttama (Ap.i.162f).

He is probably identical with Meṇḍasira. Thag­a.i.172.