________________ 254 : Prof. C.S. Upasak head of the Vrjjiputras, as Schubring chooses to describe (p. 4). But Vrjjiputra school of thinking flourished somewhat later, probably later than our text.: The name of another sage, Devila (No. 4) of the text figures in the Pali text as Devala and also as Asita Devala (DPPN vol. I, p. 70). And if we take Devila as Devala, we are reminded of a sage who visited the court of Suddhodana, the father of Gautam Buddha, and who prophesied that the child Siddhartha will become a Cakravarti' if he choose to be the ruler, and, if a recluse, would become a Buddha. He is said to have attained various miraculous powers, iddhis (riddhis). Because of his dark complexion and probably to distinguish him from other sage of the same name, he is known as Asita Devala or Kaladevala (DPPN. Vol. Ip. 208). Another sage by the same name is known from the Dhammapadatthakatha (1. 32). He lived in the Himalayas and once, while he was staying with another ascetic named Narada under the same roof, the latter was trodden over in the night : (Cf. DPPN. II, p. 1116), A Paccekabuddha with this name is mentioned in the Theragatha Atthakatha (1.368). At least five persons of this name are found in different Pali texts (cf. DPPN. Vol. I, p. 1116), and it appears that the Isibhasiyai refers to any of them, very probably to Asita Devala. One other saintly personage referred to in the Isibhasiyai is Angirisa Bharaddaya (Angirasa Bharadvaja) (No. 4) who is mentioned several times in the Pali texts as one of the ancient Vedic seers. (DPPN. Vol I. p. 20). A Paccekabuddha bearing that name is also mentioned in the Majjhimanikaya (III, 70) for instance. Even the Buddha is called Angirasa several times in Palitexts (Cf. DPPN. Vol. I, p. 20). The Isibhasiyai probably refers to the Vedic Rsiby this name. An Arahanta Bakkula Thera is referred to in the Pali text who got the initiation at the age of eighty and became emancipated only within eight days after hearing the preachings of the Buddha. Vakkalaciri (No. 6) of the Isibhasiyai is probably different from Bukkula Thera of Pali text, Vakkalaciri probably was a seer of the Brahmanical tradition who used to clad himself with the cloth made
