An Arahant. He was a brahmin of Pāṭaliputta. He entered the Order under Ānanda, after the Buddha’s death, and in due course won Arahantship. At the First Council held in the Sattapaṇṇiguha, he was sent to bring Ānanda to the Assembly. He travelled through the earth, gave the message to Ānanda, and returning through the air announced his arrival to the Saṅgha, through the medium-ship of a devatā who had been placed at the door of the cave to ward off Māra and his followers. Sobhita was called “Khujja” because he was slightly hunchbacked.

In the time of Padumuttara he saw the Buddha passing with a large assembly of monks and praised him in ten stanzas (Thag.234-6; ThagA.i.350 f).

He is probably identical with Sayaṃpaṭibhāniya of the Apadāna. Ap.ii.410 f.