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Pūrṇamaitrāyaṇīputra

Pūrṇa 富樓那; also Pūrṇamaitrāyaṇīputra 富樓那彌多羅尼子 or Maitrāyaṇīputra, a disciple of Śākyamuni, son of Bhava by a slave girl, often confounded with Maitreya. The chief preacher among the ten principal disciples of Śākyamuni; ill-treated by his brother, engaged in business, saved his brothers from shipwreck by conquering Indra through samādhi; built a vihāra for Śākyamuni; expected to reappear as Dharmaprabhāsa Tathagata 法明如來 .