A thera entrusted by King Duṭṭhagāmaṇī with superintending the construction of the Mahā Thūpa at Anurādhapura, credited with great psychic powers including creating a vast copper parasol over the shrine and enabling every islander who wished to attend its dedication to do so and return home the same day.

A thera appointed to superintend the construction of the eighty-four thousand monasteries built under King Asoka, who used his psychic power to have all their dedication festivals held on a single day, and who later attained Arahantship after being humbled by the king’s gentle rebuke of his pride.