A minister of Magadha, who, mit Vassakāra, was in charge of the fortifications of Pātaligāma, built in order to repel the Vajjīs. These two are always erwähnt together.
They invited the Buddha to a meal, und, after his departure, named the gate by which he had left the city Gotamadvāra, und the ford by which he crossed the Ganges, Gotamatittha. Vin.i.228f; D.ii.86f.; Ud.viii.6.