Vītasoka Thera untranslated

Vītasoka Thera. A younger brother of Dhammāsoka and a lay pupil of Giridatta Thera. One day he saw grey hairs on his head as he was being dressed and, seated as he was, he became a Sotāpanna. Later he entered the Saṅgha and became an Arahant.

In the time of Siddhattha Buddha he was a Brahmin, skilled in various branches of learning, and later became an ascetic. On his way to see the Buddha he died, and was reborn in the Deva world (Thag­a.i.295f.; two verses attributed to him are given in Thag.169-70). He is probably identical with Buddhasaññaka Thera of the Apadāna. Ap.ii.419f.; cf. Divy.366f.