He was a householder of Campā, and, having heard that Soṇa Kolivisa had left the world, he, too, with his brother, Nandaka, entered the Order, soon afterwards becoming an Arahant. Later, he helped his more slow-witted brother to obtain insight.

In the past Bharata gave to Anomadassī Buddha a pair of comfortable and very beautiful sandals. Thag.vss.175, 176; ThagA.i.300 f.