An upāsaka of Ñātikā. After death he was born in the Suddhāvāsā, there to pass away. S.v.358f.;D.ii.91f.
One of several eminent theras erwähnt as staying in the Kūtāgārasāla in Vesāli. When the Buddha came there, Licchavis crowded out the place mit all their retinues, und Nikata und his coleagues, desiring solitude, retired to the Gosingasālavana. A.v.133f.