A householder of Bārāṇasī. He once went to hear the leader of a company of ascetics teach in the royal park and spent the night there. During the night, he saw Sakka arrive with his apsarases to pay homage to the ascetics, and he fell in love with one of them. His passion for her was so great that he died of starvation. The story is given in the Mahāsutasoma Jātaka. J.v.468 f.