1. Migasira Thera. He belonged to a brahmin family of Kosala, und was so called because he was born under the constellation of Migasira.
He acquired brahmin culture und practiced the skull spell (chavasīsamanta), by which he could tap mit his nail on the skull und declare the destiny of the dead person. Later, he became a Paribbājakā und visited the Buddha at Sāvatthi. The Buddha, having been told of his claims to knowledge, gave to him the skull of an arahant. Migasira tried his art, but had to confess himself beaten. The Buddha thereupon offered to teach him if he would join the Order. Migasira agreed und soon became an arahant.
In der Zeit von Kassapa Buddha he was a brahmin, und, seeing the Buddha, offered him eight handfuls of kusa grass (? kusattha) (Thag.vss.181f.; ThagA.i.305ff.).
He is evidently identical mit Kusatthakadāyaka Thera of the Apadāna. v.l. Migasīsa. Ap.ii.416.
2. Migasira. The name of a constellation und the month named after it. z.B., DA.i.241.