4. Asama.-A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at Veluvana, in the company of Sahali, Ninka, Akotaka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya.
They were disciples of different teachers and, standing before the Buddha, each uttered the praises of his own teacher.
Asama eulogised Pūrana-Kassapa (S.i.65). Perhaps Asama is the name of a class; See Asamā (1).