[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c35.590 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.590 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.590 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.590](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.590) 2. Valliya Thera.—He was the son of an eminent brahmin of Sāvatthi, and, owing to his good friends, he met the Buddha and joined the Order, soon after attaining arahantship. Thirty-one kappas ago he saw the Pacceka Buddha Nārada at the foot of a tree, and built for him a hut of reeds, which he thatched with grass, together with a cloistered walk strewn with sand. He was seventy-one times king of the devas and thirty-four times king of men.¹ - [Previous: v2.c35.589](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.589) - [Next: v2.c35.591](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.591) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.590](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.590) · Pramāṇa