An eminent monk who took a prominent part in the Second Council. He lived in Sahajāti, and, on hearing of the heresy of the Vajjiputtakā, retired into solitude in order to decide whether he thought their contentions right. There an inhabitant of Suddhāvāsā informed him that the Vajjiputtakā were wrong. He was one of the four appointed on behalf of the Pācinakā (Vajjiputtakā) on the committee which discussed the dispute. He was a pupil of Ānanda. Vin.ii.302 ff; Mhv.iv.4 f, 48, 57; Dpv.iv.49; v.22; Sp.i.34.