王の要請でシンハラ語注釈書を数点著し、僧団の戒律改革を主導し、上座部の具足戒を回復するためタイへ使節団を手配し、最終的にスリランカのサンガラージャに叙任された高名なスリランカの比丘。

An eminent Sri Lankan monk who composed several Singhalese commentaries at royal request, led reforms of monastic discipline, arranged an embassy to Thailand to restore higher ordination, and was ultimately invested as Saṅgharāja of Sri Lanka.