Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.188

v1.c6.188

2. **Aggika-Bhāradvāja**.—A brahmin of Rājagaha, evidently different from the above, also a fire-tender. He prepares a meal for sacrifice, and when the Buddha, out of compassion for him, appears before his house for alms, he says the meal is meant only for one who has the "threefold lore" (the three Vedas). The Buddha gives the brahmin another interpretation of the "threefold lore"; (see **Aggika Sutta** below). The brahmin, thereupon, becomes a convert, enters the Order, and, in due course, attains arahantship.¹