Author of the Saddhammappakāsaṇī Commentary on the Paṭisambhidāmagga (Gv.61; Svd.1196). The colophon to the book (PSA.526) states that he lived in the Uttaramanti pariveṇa in the Mahāvihāra and finished his work in the third year after the death of Moggallāna (probably Moggallāna I). The Gandhavaṃsa (Gv.70) says that the work was written at the request of a lay disciple, also named Mahānāma.