Ummāpupphiya Thera untranslated

Ummāpupphiya Thera 01. An Arahant In a past birth when a festival was being held in honour of the Thūpa erected over the relics of Siddhattha Buddha, be placed an ummā-flower on the Thūpa. Nine kappas ago he became king eighty-five times under the name of Somadeva (Ap.i.172).

He is probably identical with Cakkhupāla Thera. See Thag­a.i.196.

Ummāpupphiya Thera 02. An Arahant. In a past birth he saw Siddhattha Buddha wrapt in samādhi and offered him, in homage, azure (ummā-) flowers, which formed a canopy above the Buddha’s head. Later, Ummāpupphiya was born in Tusita. Fifty-five kappas ago he was a king called Samantacchadana. Ap.i.258.