Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.182

v2.c35.182

**Vajjita Thera.**—He belonged to a retainer’s (*ibbha*) family in Kosala, and, because he had come from the Brahma-world, he wept whenever a woman took him in her arms. Since he thus avoided the touch of women, he came to be called “Vajjita.” When of age, he saw the Buddha’s Twin Miracle, entered the Order, and on that same day attained arahantship with sixfold *abhiññā*. Sixty-five kappas ago he was born in a remote village as a woodsman, and seeing the Pacceka Buddha, Upasanta, he offered him a *campaka*-flower.¹ Two verses spoken by him are included in the Theragāthā.²