Vappa untranslated

Vappa 01. Vappa Thera. One of the Pañcavaggiyā. He was the son of Vāseṭṭha, a Brahmin of Kapilavatthu. When Asita declared that Prince Siddhattha would become the Buddha, Vappa and four other Brahmins, headed by Koṇḍañña, became recluses. Vappa was with the Buddha during the six years of his ascetic practices, but being disappointed when the Buddha began taking solid food, he left him and went to Isipatana, where the Buddha, after his Awakening, preached to him and the others the Dhammacakkappavattanasutta. On the fifth day after, Vappa and his companions became Arahants, at the end of the Anattalakkhaṇasutta. Vappa became a Sotāpanna on the second day of the quarter (AN­a.i.84); pāṭipadadivase (first day) says Thag­a. (loc. infra) and MN­a.i.390.

Vappa’s resolve to be among the first of the Buddha’s followers was taken in the time of Padumuttara Buddha. In the past, he was sixteen times king, under the name of Mahā Dundubhi. Thag­a.i.140f.; a verse attributed to him is found in Thag.61; see also Ja.i.82; Dpv.i.32; Vin.i.12.

Vappa 02. A Sākiyan, disciple of the Nigaṇṭhas. AN­a.ii.559 says he was the Buddha’s uncle (cūḷapitā) and a Sākiyan rājā. He was a disciple of Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta. He visits Moggallāna and they talk of the āsavas. The Buddha joins them and tells Vappa how the āsavas can be completely destroyed so that the monk who has so destroyed them will abide in the six satatavihāras with equanimity, mindful and comprehending. Vappa is convinced of the superiority of the Buddha’s teaching and becomes his follower. AN.ii.196f.