第三結集を主宰した長老で、パータリプッタに生まれ、若き日に僧シッガヴァによって長年の静かな忍耐の末に教団へと導かれ、シッガヴァとチャンダヴァッジーの両者のもとで深く学んだ。

The presiding elder of the Third Buddhist Council, born at Pāṭaliputta and won over to the Order as a youth by the monk Siggava after years of quiet perseverance, going on to study deeply under both Siggava and Caṇḍavajjī.