Bhūta
1. BhÅ«ta Thera. The son of a very wealthy councillor of SÄketa, his last and only child, the others having been devoured by a Yakkha. The child was, therefore, well guarded at his birth, but the Yakkha had meanwhile gone to wait on Vessavana and had not returned. The boy was called BhÅ«ta so that non humans might protect him. He grew up in great luxury, but, like Yasa, having heard the Buddha teach at SÄketa, he entered the Order and dwelt on the banks of the AjakaranÄ«, where he attained Arahantship. Later, when visiting his relations, he stayed in the Añjanavana. They besought him to remain there, but this he refused to do.
In the time of Siddhattha Buddha he was a brahmin and, seeing the Buddha, he sang his praises in four verses. Fourteen world-cycles ago he became king four times under the name of Uggata. Thag.vs.518 26; ThagA.i.493ff.
He is probably identical with ParappasÄdaka Thera of the ApadÄna. Ap.i.113f.
2. BhÅ«ta. An officer of ParakkamabÄhu I. He bore the title BhandÄrapotthakÄ«, and later came to be called AdhikÄri. Cv.lxxii.196; lxxiv. 72, 119, 136; lxxv. 196.
3. BhÅ«ta. The son of a householder of SÄvatthi, his mother being TissÄ and his step mother MattÄ. PvA.82.
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