頭蓋骨を叩いて死者の転生先を占うことに長けた婆羅門で、仏陀に出会った後に僧団に加わり、阿羅漢果を得て、詩人として名高くなり、機知に富む点で比丘の中で第一と称された。

A brahmin skilled at divining the rebirth of the dead by tapping their skulls, who joined the Order after meeting the Buddha, attained Arahantship, and became renowned as a poet, being declared foremost among monks in ready wit.