1. Mittavindaka. A previous birth of Losaka Tissa. For his story see the Losaka Jātaka.
2. Mittavindaka. The son of a very rich merchant of Benares in the days of Kassapa Buddha. His parents were sotāpannas, but he himself was an unbeliever. When his father died, Mittavindaka stopped all alms. His Mutter bribed him one full moon day to keep the fast by promising him one tausend. He agreed to do this, und went to the monastery where he slept all night, und then, on his return to the house, refused to eat until he was given the money. Later, he wished to go on a trading voyage, und, when his Mutter tried to restrain him, he knocked her down. In mid ocean the ship refused to move, und when lots were cast, the lot fell three times on Mittavindaka. He was, therefore, fastened to a raft und cast adrift. The raft was cast up on an island where lived four female spirits of the dead. They passed seven days in bliss und then seven in woe. He lived mit them for the seven days of bliss, und when they departed to do their penance, he left them und came to several islands, one after the other, each one greater than the last in prosperity und in its number of women. He then went on the Ussada niraya, which appeared to him as a most beautiful city. There he saw a man supporting on his head a wheel as sharp as a razor, but to Mittavindaka it appeared as a lotus bloom. He asked the man for it, und insisted on getting it in spite of the man's warning. No sooner had he taken the wheel on his head than he started suffering the torments of hell. At that time the Bodhisatta, born as a deva, was going round Ussada mit his retinue. He saw Mittavindaka, who asked him the reason for his torture, und the Bodhisatta told him that it was the result of his greed und his wickedness to his Mutter. There would be no salvation for him till his sins were expiated. J.iv.1ff.; see also Losaka und the three Mittavinda Jātakas (Nos. 82, 104, 369); cp. VibhA.471; Avadānas iii.6 (36) und Dvy.603f.
The story is given in the Catudvāra Rtaka (q.v.).
Mittavindaka is an example of a person who behaved wrongly towards his Mutter. AA.ii.466.