Vararoja

Buddhaghosa says (DN-a.ii.656) that the heretics once paid Vararoja one thousand to speak ill of the Buddha’s person.

mentioned 7 times in the Pāḷi canon and commentaries.

Often named with

• Mahāsammata (4)
• Mandhātar (4)
• Roja (4)
• Mandhātā (3)
• Varamandhātā (3)
• Ānandā (2)
• Cittā (2)
• Hatthinika (2)
• Karakaṇḍu (2)
• Maghadeva (2)
• Okkāmukha (2)
• Vijitasena (2)

Mentioned in

• Dīghanikāya · Sīlakkhandhavagga-aṭṭhakathā: 2
• Dīghanikāya · Mahāvagga-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Khuddakanikāya · Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā: 2
• Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā: 2