仙人アシタの甥で、仏陀の悟りに備えるよう叔父の勧めで苦行者となり、後に真の沙門の実践について仏陀に問い、隠棲の中でアラハント果を得た

A nephew of the sage Asita who, on his uncle’s advice, became an ascetic in readiness for the Buddha’s enlightenment, later questioning the Buddha on the practice of a true recluse before attaining Arahantship in seclusion.

マガダのバラモン村で、ウパティッサ・ガーマとも呼ばれる舎利弗の生誕地で、彼は母を預流者にした後、ここに戻って入滅した

A brahmin village in Magadha, also called Upatissa-gāma, the birthplace of Sāriputta, where he later returned to die after making his mother a Stream-winner.