A thera. He was the son of a brahmin of Sāketa. While on some business at Sāvatthi, he saw the Twin Miracle and, when the Buddha taught the Kāḷakārāma Sutta at Sāketa, he entered the Order. He accompanied the Buddha to Rājagaha and there became an Arahant (Thag.vv.161-2; ThagA.i.283 f).

During the time of Siddhattha Buddha he had been a householder and became a believer in the Buddha. When the Buddha died, he called together his relations and together they paid great honour to the relics.

He is evidently identical with Dhātupūjaka of the Apadāna (ii.425). It is probably this thera who is mentioned in the Uttara Sutta (A.iv.162 ff).