ラージャガハの裕福な地主家系の僧で、シリグッタの甥、仏陀が象ダナパーラを制圧するのを見て出家し阿羅漢となった

A monk of a wealthy landowning family in Rājagaha, nephew of Sirigutta, who joined the Order after witnessing the Buddha subdue the elephant Dhanapāla and became an Arahant.