佛陀最杰出的弟子之一，被誉为详释佛陀略说法义第一，生于 Ujjenī 的国师之家，后以在 Avanti 一带弘扬佛法建树而闻名。

One of the Buddha’s most eminent disciples, declared foremost in expounding at length what the Buddha had stated in brief, born at Ujjenī as son of a royal chaplain and later renowned for establishing the Buddhist teaching throughout Avanti.