A court official of Kassapa Vikkamabāhu, son of Mahinda V. He lived in Makkhakudrūsa, and when the Coḷā pillaged Rohaṇa, he, with the help of the minister Buddha of Māragallaka, defeated them and drove them to Pulatthipura. When the king offered him a boon, he desired that the portion of his revenues appropriated by the monks should be remitted. Cv.lv.26 ff.