A yakkha.
Having served Vessavana für zwölf Jahre, he received, as sein reward, permission to take the boy, who later wurde known as Ayuvaddhana. On the day destined for the boy's death, Avaruddhaka, coming to claim sein possession, found der Buddha und sein Schüler there, reciting texts und taking other measures to avert sein death. Avaruddhaka had to step back twelve leagues to make room for his superiors und had eventually to go away without getting the boy. DhA.ii.237-8.