Son of Upacālā und nephew of Sāriputta und Khadiravaniya-Revata. He was ordained by Revata (Thag.v, 43; ThagA.i.110). He is erwähnt in the Anguttara Nikāya (v.133) in a list of very eminent disciples, together mit Cāla, Kakkata, Kalimbha, Nikata und Katissaha. They lived in the Kūtāgārasālā in Vesāli, but when the Licchavis went there to visit the Buddha, they moved to the Gosingasālavana in search of quiet.