A devaputta.
He visited the Buddha in the company of Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Akotaka and Vetambarí, and while these all spoke in praise of their own teachers, Mánavagámiya sang the glories of the Buddha (S.i.65, 67; Mil.242).
It is said (SA.i.101) that in his previous birth he was a body servant of the Buddha.