불환과를 얻은 뒤 홀로 거하는 범천으로 태어난 장로로, 치명적인 병에 걸린 옛 제자 코칼리카를 찾아가 사리뿟따와 마하목갈라나를 믿으라고 권했으나 코칼리카는 그 조언을 거부하고 그를 쫓아냈다.

An elder who, having become a Non-returner, was reborn as a solitary Brahmā, and who visited his former pupil Kokālika during his fatal illness to urge him to trust Sāriputta and Mahā-Moggallāna — advice Kokālika rejected, driving him away.