A Thera, a pupil of Anuruddha Thera.

He was one of the four Eastern (pācīnakā) monks appointed to the committee (ubbāhikā) that considered the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtakā.

His fellow pupil was Sumana, and they had both seen the Buddha. Vin.ii.305; Dpv.iv.51; v. 22, 24; Sp.i.35; Mhv.iv.48, 58.