A householder In der Zeit von Vipassī Buddha; he had a nephew who was auch called Avaroja after sein uncle. When the uncle undertook to build a gandhakuti for der Buddha, the nephew wished to have a share in the work, aber this the uncle would not allow. The former thereupon proceeded to erect a Kuñjarasālā (Elephant Hall), on the site opposite the gandhakuti, adorned mit the sieben kinds of precious minerals. In the centre of the Kuñjarasālā was a jeweled pavilion beneath which was a Preacher's Seat. At the foot of the seat were set four golden rams, of which there were two more unter the foot-rest und sechs round the pavilion. At the festival of dedication, Avaroja invited der Buddha mit sixty-acht tausend Mönche, giving alms to suffice for vier Monate und various gifts to Mönche und novices.
This Avaroja, the nephew, wurde Mendaka, the famous setthi of Benares, in the present age (DhA.iii.364ff).
A story similar to that of the two Avarojas is told of Aparājita, uncle und nephew of the same name, who auch were householders In der Zeit von Vipassī Buddha. We are told that this nephew auch wurde Mendaka Setthi in sein last birth.' We have here, offensichtlich, a confusion of legends (DhA.iv.202-3).