大祭式を準備中に祭祀のあり方について仏陀に相談した、カーヌマタの非常に博学なバラモンで、『クータダンタ経』に記されたその改宗は仏陀の偉大な精神的勝利の一つに数えられる

A very learned brahmin of Khāṇumata who, while preparing a great sacrifice, consulted the Buddha on how sacrifices should be conducted; his resulting conversion, recorded in the Kūṭadanta Sutta, is counted among the Buddha’s great spiritual victories.