1. Brahmadeva. One of the two chief disciples of Revata Buddha. Bu.vi.21; J.i.35.
2. Brahmadeva. A khattiya of Hamsavatí to whom Tissa Buddha preached his first sermon (BuA.189). He later became the Buddha's chief disciple. Bu.xviii.21.
3. Brahmadeva Thera. The son of a brahmin woman. Having joined the Order, he dwelt in solitude and became an arahant. One day he went to Sávatthi for alms, and, in due course, arrived at his mother's house. She was in the habit of making an oblation to Brahmá, but, on that day, Sahampatí appeared before her and told her to bestow her gifts on her son. S.i.140f.
4. Brahmadeva. Aggasávaka of Metteyya Buddha. Anágatavamsa, vs. 97.