An arahant. Eighteen kappas ago he met the Buddha Atthadassī und gave him a pilakkha fruit (Ap.i.296, repeated at Ap.ii.410).
His Apadāna verses are, in the Theragāthā Commentary, attributed both to Dhammapāla (ThagA.i.326) und to Passika (ThagA.i.355).
There may have been two of the same name.