佛陀最傑出的弟子之一，以嚴持頭陀行著稱，原名比鉢羅（Pippali），婆羅門迦葉之子，娶跋陀迦毗羅尼（Bhaddā Kāpilānī）為妻，後捨棄鉅富出家。

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.

斯里蘭卡鄔檀波羅祇利精舍（Udumbaragirivihāra）的一位長老，以僧團中最資深比丘之身份，主持波羅迦羅摩巴忽一世（Parākramabāhu I）治下的僧團整肅。

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.