Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera
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Mutthipupphiya Thera
An Arahant. In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was a garland maker, named Sudassana, and offered the Buddha a handful of jasmine flowers. Thirty-six world-cycles ago he became king sixteen times under the name of Devuttara (Ap.i.142).
He is evidently identical with Añjanavaniya. ThagA.i.128.