King of Bārāṇasī. He was the Bodhisatta, son of Brahmadatta, king of Bārāṇasī, and of a faggot-gatherer, whom the king met in a grove, singing as she picked up the sticks. His story is related in the Kaṭṭhahāri Jātaka. J.i.133 ff; DhA.i.349; J.iv.148.