A devaputta.

He visited the Buddha in the company of Asama, Sahali, Nīka (Niṅka), Ākoṭaka and Vegabbhari (Veṭambarī), and while these all spoke in praise of their own teachers, Mānavagāmiya sang the glories of the Buddha (S.i.65, 67; Mil.242).

It is said (SA.i.101) that in his previous birth he was a personal attendant of the Buddha (buddhupaṭṭhāko).