释迦族的一支，在毗琉璃王屠杀释迦族时以“非释迦，乃芦苇”的双关语巧妙自称而未撒谎逃过一死，因此得名。

A branch of the Sakyan clan who escaped Viḍūḍabha’s massacre by claiming, without lying, to be grass or reeds rather than Sakyans, giving rise to this name.