『中部』の誦持者・伝承者であり、おそらくサーリプッタの学派で、『所行蔵』『阿波陀那』『仏種姓経』を『小部』に加えたとされる

The reciters and transmitters of the Majjhimanikāya, probably the textual school of Sāriputta, credited with including the Cariyāpiṭaka, Apadāna, and Buddhavaṃsa within the Khuddakanikāya.