釋迦族的一支，在毗琉璃王屠殺釋迦族時以「非釋迦，乃蘆葦」的雙關語巧妙自稱而未撒謊逃過一死，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.