Uparevata2
PersonA nephew of Sāriputta who, on his uncle’s final journey home to die, was sent ahead to announce his arrival to his mother and prepare lodging for his five hundred followers.
Nephew of Sāriputta. When Sāriputta went to Nālaka on his last visit, in order to die there, Uparevata saw him outside the village, seated under a banyan tree. He was asked to announce Sāriputta’s arrival to the latter’s mother, and to make preparations for accommodating Sāriputta’s five hundred followers (DA.ii.551; SA.iii.175).
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