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followers (7). But it is not indicated what type of followers they were, i, e., whether they were ordinary followers of Mahavira or they practised the 12 vows prescribed by him.
Leading Buddhist Upāsakas
The foremost-among-the-foremost (etadagga-vagga) list of the Buddha accords place to the following leading followers (8):
1. Foremost among those who first sought refuge with
the Buddha were Tapassu and Bhalluka, both Kutumbika-geha from the city of Asitanjana.
2. Foremost among the donors was Grhapati Sudatta
Anāthapiņờika, son of Sresthi Sumana from Srāvasti in Kosala.
3. Foremost among the deliverers of spiritual discour
ses was Gyhapati Citra who was born in a Sreșthi family at Macchikāşanda in Magadha.
4. Foremost among those who supplied for essential
objects to the people at the congregation was Hastaka Alavaka, a prince from Alavi in Pancāla,
5. Foremost among the donors of excellent objects was
Mahanāma Sakya, a Ksatriya (elder brother of Anuruddha) from Kapilayas tu in Sakya country.
6. Foremost among the donors of dear (pleasing to
the mind) objects was Gyhapati Ugra who was born in a Sreșthi family at Vaisali in Vajji.
7. Foremost among the servants of the order was
Gyhapati Udgata who was born in a śreșthi family at Hastigrama in Vajji. -
8. Foremost among those with the most cheerful
disposition was Sūra Ambaşta who was born in a Sreşthi family at Srāvasti in Kosala.
9. Foremost among the self-delighted (i, e., one who
was made of pleasant matter) was Jivaka Kaumāra
