MÄnavagÄmiya, °ika
A devaputta.
He visited the Buddha in the company of Asama, Sahali, NÄ«ka (Niá¹…ka), Ä€koá¹aka and Vegabbhari (Veá¹ambarÄ«), and while these all spoke in praise of their own teachers, MÄnavagÄmiya sang the glories of the Buddha (S.i.65, 67; Mil.242).
It is said (SA.i.101) that in his previous birth he was a personal attendant of the Buddha (buddhupaá¹á¹hÄko).
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