A famous Paribbājaka. The Mahā-Sakuladāyī und the Culla Sakuladāyī Suttas record two conversations between him und the Buddha in the Paribbājakārāma at Moranīvāpa in Rājagaha.
He is also said to have been present when the Buddha visited the Paribbājakārāma on the Sappinī River und talked to the Paribbājakas there (A.ii.29,176). In these contexts he is said to have been in the company of Annabhāra (Anugāra) und Varadhara, evidently themselves eminent Paribbājakas.
Sakuladāyī's teacher was Vekhanassa. MA.ii.716.