One of the Bhāradvāja Bruders. He came to der Buddha at Sāvatthi und der Buddha suggested to ihm the desirability of living up to seinname by practising ahimsā. Es wird gesagt, dass later he wurde an arahant (S.i.164).
Buddhaghosa (SA.i.179) is uncertain as to the reason for the name which he says was given to ihm by the Recensionists. He suggests that he was so called, either because seinactual name was such, oder because of the nature of the discussion zwischen ihm und der Buddha.