佛陀最傑出的弟子之一，原是迦毗羅衛的一名理髮匠，隨釋迦族王子們一同出家，應王子們之請先於他們受戒以挫其驕慢，後從佛陀習得全部律藏，被譽為持律第一。

One of the Buddha’s most eminent disciples, a barber from Kapilavatthu who accompanied the Sakyan princes into the Order and, at their request, was ordained before them so as to humble their pride, later learning the entire Vinaya from the Buddha and being declared foremost in mastery of monastic discipline.

王舍城的一名少年，其父母因不願讓他學習謀生技能而將他連同十六名同齡夥伴一起送去出家，這群少年破曉即喧鬧索食的行徑，促成了「未滿二十歲不得受具足戒」這條戒律的制定。

A boy of Rājagaha whose over-indulgent parents had him ordained along with sixteen equally young companions, an episode whose youthful antics led to the rule against granting higher ordination to anyone under twenty.

註釋書中特稱為「Bhāgineyya Upāli」的一位比丘，是那位著名弟子的外甥，由其舅父為其剃度，因曾以偈頌讚頌過去佛而先後十八次投生為天王、二十五次投生為人王。

A monk distinguished in the commentaries as Bhāgineyya Upāli, a nephew of the eminent disciple who ordained him, remembered for having been eighteen times a king among the gods and twenty-five times a king among men as a result of praising a past Buddha in verse.

那爛陀的一位居士，特稱「Upāli-Gahapati」，原本追隨尼乾陀·若提子，後與佛陀辯論（記載於《優婆離經》）而皈依，證得須陀洹果。

A householder of Nāḷandā, distinguished as Upāli-Gahapati, who was originally a follower of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta but was converted to become a Stream-winner after a debate with the Buddha recorded in the Upāli Sutta.

應 Kittisirirājasīha 王之請，率領泰國僧團前往斯里蘭卡重建具足戒傳承的僧團領袖，深受當地國王敬重，後因鼻疾不治病逝於斯裡蘭卡。

Head of the delegation of Thai monks sent at the request of King Kittisirirājasīha to re-establish higher ordination in Sri Lanka, where he was held in great esteem and eventually died of an incurable illness.