Sigālakapitā Thera untranslated

Sigālakapitā Thera (Siṅgālakapitā Thera). He was a householder of Sāvatthī and had a son called Sigālaka. Later he entered the Saṅgha, and the Buddha asked him to meditate on the idea of a skeleton. He lived in the Bhesakalāvana in Suṁsumāragiri, and there a woodland sprite once encouraged him with a verse (Thag.vs.18). Thus, urged to strive, he developed insight and became an Arahant.

Ninety-four kappas ago he had given a tāla-fruit to the Pacceka Buddha Sataraṁsī. In the time of Kassapa Buddha he was a monk and developed meditation on the idea of a skeleton. Thag­a.i.70f.