Commander-in-chief and friend and counsellor of Sivi, King of Aritthapura. -
They had been to Takkasilá together and were friends from boyhood.
Ahipáraka's wife was Ummadantí of ravishing beauty.
Their story is given in the Ummadantí Játaka (J.v.209ff).
In the present age he was Sariputta (J.v.227).