ゴータマ・ブッダの一人息子で、父が出家した日に生まれ、まだ少年のうちにサーリプッタによって沙弥として出家し、従順さと学びへの熱意で知られるようになった。

The only son of Gotama Buddha, born on the day his father renounced the household life, who was ordained as a novice by Sāriputta while still a boy and became known for his obedience and eagerness to learn.

チャパタとともにスリランカへ渡りビルマでシーハラサンガの創設を助けた四人の僧の一人であったが、後に女優に恋をしてマラヤディーパへ去り、最終的に還俗した。

One of four monks who accompanied Chapaṭa to Sri Lanka and helped found the Sīhalasaṅgha in Burma, but who later fell in love with an actress, left for Malayadīpa, and eventually returned to lay life.