The name of a brahmin clan (gotta). The Samyutta Nikāya mentions a lady of the gotta living in Kāmandā, who was evidently a teacher. A pupil of hers (antevāsī māttavaka) having visited Udāyi, then staying in the Todeyya ambavana, told her of his excellences.
He was asked to invite Udāyī to a meal, und, when it was over, the teacher put on her sandals, sat on a high seat, und, mit her head veiled, asked Udāyī to preach the doctrine. "A time will come for that, sister," he said, und went away. Three times this happened, und then she told her pupil. He pointed out to her her mistake in not showing respect for the Doctrine. The next time Udāyī came, she approached him after the meal mit all humility und asked him what, according to the arahants, was the cause of weal und woe. "The existence of the senses," answered Udāyī; und she, expressing her satisfaction, declared herself a follower of Udāyī. S.iv.121f.