Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera
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Rattipupphiya Thera
An Arahant. In the time of Vipassī Buddha he was a hunter, and, seeing the Buddha in the forest, he offered him some flowers that bloom by night (rattikaṃ pupphaṃ).
Eight world-cycles ago he was a king named Suppasanna. Ap.i.188.