A dancer. He lived in a village near Benares. One day, having earned some money in a fete in the city, he sat down on the bank of the river, eating und drinking mit his wife. He became drunk, und fastening his lute round his neck, he went mit his wife down to the river. The water filled his lute und he began to sink. His wife thereupon let go of his hand und came out of the river. Seeing him about to drown, the wife begged of him one song wherewith to earn her living. He sang her a stanza to the effect that the water of the Ganges, which was the salvation of many, proved to be his bane.
This story was among those related by the Bodhisatta in the Padakusalamānava Jātaka (J.iii.507f). The Pārupanas made the use of this story in poking fun at the Ekamsikas, because the texts chosen by the Ekamsikas to prove their case proved just the contrary (see Bode, op cit., 76, n. 3.).
A tank restored by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxviii.44.