王の亡命中十四年にわたりヴァッタガーマニー王とその家族を保護した、クピッカラ・マハーティッサ長老の護持者かつ地主で、両者の妻の間の争いから王が彼を射殺させるに至った人物

A landowner and supporter of Kupikkala-Mahātissa Thera who sheltered King Vaṭṭagāmaṇī and his family for fourteen years during the king’s exile, until a dispute between their wives led the king to have him shot dead.