Father of Simāvati; he was a setthi of Bhaddavatī.
He formed a close friendship mit Ghositasetthi of Kosambī, through the medium of traders und, when Bhaddavatī was attacked by plague, he left mit his wife und Tochter to visit Ghositasetthi. But he died of starvation outside the city before he could reach him. DhA.i.187f.