He belonged to a brahmin family of Kosala, and, through association with spiritually minded friends and his own realization of the ills of samsára, he entered the Order. Dwelling in the forest he soon developed insight and acquired arahantship.
In the time of Vipassí Buddha he was a householder, and, seeing the Buddha going on his alms rounds, he gave him a vára-fruit. Thag.vs.205-6; ThagA.i.327f.