Bhojaputta

Evidently the name for a resident of the Bhoja country.

In the Samyutta Nikāya (S.i.6f) the devaputta Rohitassa says that he was a Bhojaputta in his previous birth.

The Jātakas (J.i.45; J.v.163) mention sixteen Bhojaputtā.

Bhoja is modern Berar. Law: Geog. 62.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from