第三次结集的主持长老，生于华氏城，少年时经僧人 Siggava 多年默默感化而入教，后随 Siggava 与 Caṇḍavajjī 二人深研教法。

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.