An Arahant. He was a brahmin of Avanti and studied in Takkasilā. While returning from there after completing his studies, he saw a monk dwelling apart and, having heard the Dhamma from him, entered the Order and became an Arahant. We are told that one day, while meditating, he saw two novices climbing a tree in the vihāra to pick flowers. The bough broke and they fell, but he, with his psychic-power, caught them and put them down unhurt.

In the time of Atthadassī Buddha he gave to the Buddha a pilakkha-fruit (Ficus infectoria) (Thag.vs.203 f; ThagA.i.326 f). He is probably identical with Pilakkhaphaladāyaka of the Apadāna. Ap.i.298.