一位阿罗汉，其母是一位怀孕引起争议的比丘尼，经优波离查明清白，由王舍城国王抚养并自幼出家，后被佛陀誉为善说种种法义的比丘之首。

An arahant born to a nun whose pregnancy was controversially cleared by Upāli, raised by the king of Rājagaha and ordained as a child, later declared by the Buddha foremost among monks in varied and versatile discourse.

斯里兰卡的一位长老，《法句经》注释书即应其请求而撰成。

A thera in Sri Lanka at whose request the Dhammapada Commentary was composed.