Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera
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Upaḍḍhadussadāyaka Thera
An Arahant. In the time of Padumuttara Buddha, he had been a labourer, and seeing a monk, named Sujāta, looking for rags for a robe, he gave him half the garment he wore. As a result he became king of the gods thirty-three times and king of men seventy-seven times. Ap.ii.436 f.