 Assaji's father and six of the other brahmins had predicted that Siddhartha would either become a great religious leader or a great military monarch.Kaundinya, the youngest was the only one to confidently state that Siddhartha would become a Buddha.As a result, when Siddhartha renounced the world, Kaundinya and Assaji, as well as Bhaddiya, Vappa and Mahanama, three sons of three of the brahmin scholars joined Siddhartha in the ascetic life.