佛陀最杰出的弟子之一，以严持头陀行著称，原名比钵罗（Pippali），婆罗门迦叶之子，娶跋陀迦毗罗尼（Bhaddā Kāpilānī）为妻，后舍弃巨富出家。

One of the Buddha’s most eminent disciples, foremost in strict ascetic observance, born Pippali to the brahmin Kapila, who married Bhaddā Kāpilānī and later renounced his vast wealth to enter the Order.

斯里兰卡邬檀波罗祇利精舍（Udumbaragirivihāra）的一位长老，以僧团中最资深比丘之身份，主持波罗迦罗摩巴忽一世（Parākramabāhu I）治下的僧团整肃。

An eminent Sri Lankan elder of the Udumbaragiri monastery who, as the most senior monk, led the reform of the Saṅgha under King Parākramabāhu I.