飢饉の際に Duṭṭhagāmaṇī 王に養われた阿羅漢で、マラヤ地方のコータパッバタに住み、出家後は説法で名を馳せた。

An arahant sustained by King Duṭṭhagāmaṇī during a famine, who lived at Koṭapabbata in the Malaya country and became renowned for his teaching after ordaining.