Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.98

v1.c12.98

In the time of Padumuttara he was a brahmin of Haṃsavati, well versed in the Vedas. One day, while listening to the Buddha’s preaching, he heard him declare a monk in the assembly as chief among those who practised jhāna, and himself wished for the same honour under a future Buddha.⁴ He is often mentioned in company with other very eminent disciples—e.g., Anuruddha, Nandiya, Kimbila, Kuṇḍadhāna and Ānanda—at the preaching of the Naḷakapāna Sutta.⁵ The Mahāgosiṅga Sutta⁶ records a discussion between Moggallāna, Mahā Kassapa, Anuruddha, Revata and Ānanda, and there we find Revata praising, as the highest type of monk, one who delights in meditation and has his habitation in the abodes of solitude.