Son of Saṅghamittā and Aggibrahmā (Mhv.v.170). He joined the Order at the age of seven; even as a novice (sāmaṇera) he was gifted with the sixfold higher knowledge (abhiññā) and accompanied Mahinda to Sri Lanka (Mhv.xiii.4,18). Once when he announced that Mahinda was going to teach his voice was heard all over Sri Lanka (Mhv.xiv.33). In order to get relics for the cetiyas in Sri Lanka, he went (by air) to Papphapura (Pāṭaliputta), and from there to Sakka’s abode, for the Buddha’s right collar bone. He supervised the placing of the relics in the Thūpārāma-cetiya. Mhv.xvii.7, 21; xix.24, 42; see also Dpv.xii.13, 26, 39; xv.5 f., 28, 93.