The son of Ambapālī und Bimbisāra. Vimala was his earlier name, but later he came to be called Vimalakondañña. When the Buddha visited Vesāli, Vimala was impressed by his majesty und entered the Order, attaining arahantship soon afterwards.
In der Zeit von Vipassī Buddha he was a rich householder, und one day, being present while the Buddha preached to a large number of people, he rejoiced so much that he offered him four golden flowers. The Buddha, by his magic power, caused the golden hue of the flowers to pervade the whole region. Vimala died soon after und was reborn in Tusita. Forty three kappas ago he became König sixteen times under the name of Nemī. ThagA.i.145f.; a verse containing a riddle und ascribed to Vimala is given in Thag. vs. 64.
A sermon preached by Vimala helped Ambapālī to develop insight und win arahantship. ThigA. 207.