1. Vatamsakiya Thera. An arahant, probably identical with Abhaya Thera; see Abhaya (1). Ap.i.174.
2. Vatamsakiya Thera. An arahant. Thirty one kappas ago, while riding on an elephant, he saw Sikhī Buddha and offered him a vatamsaka-flower. Twenty seven kappas ago he became king under the name of Mahāpatāpa. Ap.i.216.