Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.5285
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.5285
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8. Sobhita Thera.—He belonged to a brahmin family of Sāvatthi and, after hearing the Buddha preach, entered the Order, attaining arahantship. Later the Buddha declared him foremost among those who could remember past births (pubbenivāsānussarantānam). He had resolved to win this eminence in the time of Padumuttara Buddha, when he was a householder in Hamsavatī.