一時期ブッダの侍者を務めた釈迦族の人で、道の選択をめぐる意見の食い違いからブッダの鉢と衣を置いて立ち去り、山賊に襲われたが、後に踊り子の儚い美しさを観じて阿羅漢果を得た。

A Sakyan who served for a time as the Buddha’s personal attendant and, after once abandoning the Buddha’s bowl and robe in a dispute over which road to take and being waylaid by brigands, later attained Arahantship upon contemplating a dancing girl’s fleeting beauty.

アパダーナで前出のナーガサマーラと区別される阿羅漢で、前世においてシキー仏の塔に花を捧げたとされ、註釈書によれば彼もまた一時期ブッダの侍者を務めたという。

An Arahant distinguished in the Apadāna from the preceding Nāgasamāla, said to have offered a flower at Sikhī Buddha’s shrine in a past life and, according to the commentary, to have served for a time as the Buddha’s personal attendant.