SÄ«vaka
1. SÄ«vaka. A Yakkha who helped AnÄthapiṇá¸ika to find the Buddha at SÄ«tavana (Vin.ii.155f; S.i.211). He is mentioned among the chief Yakkhas to be invoked by followers of the Buddha in time of need (D.iii.205).
2. SÄ«vaka. See Moliya-SÄ«vaka.
3. SÄ«vaka. The physician of King Sivi. See the Sivi JÄtaka. He is identified with Ä€nanda. J.iv.412.
4. Sīvaka Thera. The nephew of Vanavaccha. When Vanavaccha’s sister heard that he had left the world and was living in the forest, she sent her son Sīvaka to be ordained under the Elder and to wait upon him. He lived in the forest with his uncle, and one day, while on his way to the village, fell very ill. The Elder, on finding that he did not return, went in search of him, and, finding him ill, tended him; but as dawn drew near, he suggested that they should both return to the forest as he had never before stayed in the village since joining the Order. Sīvaka agreed, and entered the forest leaning on his uncle’s arm. There Sīvaka won Arahantship.
Thirty-one world-cycles ago he had seen VessabhÅ« Buddha in the forest and offered him a kÄsumÄrika fruit (Thag.vs.14; ThagA.i.60f). He is probably identical with KÄsumÄraphaladÄyaka of the ApadÄna. Ap.ii.445.
5. SÄ«vaka Thera. He belonged to a brahmin family of RÄjagaha, and, when he had acquired a good education, became a wanderer (paribbÄjaka). Then he heard the Buddha teach, entered the Order, and became an Arahant.
Ninety-one world-cycles ago he had given VipassÄ« Buddha a bowl of boiled rice (kummÄsa) (Thag.vss.183-4; ThagA.i.307f). He is evidently identical with KummÄsadÄyaka of the ApadÄna. Ap.ii.415.
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