幼子であった仏の将来の偉大さを予言した婆羅門で、後に五比丘の一人となり、仏の初転法輪の後、最初に法を理解して出家した人物。

A brahmin who foretold the infant Buddha’s future greatness, later became one of the group of five ascetics, and was the first person to understand the Dhamma and be ordained after the Buddha’s first sermon.