Evidently the name for a resident of the Bhoja country.
In the Samyutta Nikāya (S.i.6f) the devaputta Rohitassa says that he was a Bhojaputta in his previous birth.
The Jātakas (J.i.45; J.v.163) mention sixteen Bhojaputtā.
Bhoja is modern Berar. Law: Geog. 62.