An incumbent of Kaṭakandhakāra in Sri Lanka. He was among those taking part in the assemblies mentioned in Kuddāla, Mūgapakkha, Ayoghara, and Hatthipāla Jātaka (J.iv. 490; vi. 30).

Once Māra, assuming the form of the Buddha, tried to tempt him, but the elder, seeing this form and deriving joy from its contemplation, became an Arahant. Vism. 263.