A brahmin of Pátaliputta. He and a friend, both of that city, having heard of the virtues of Mahánága Thera of Kálavallimandapa in Ceylon, came by ship to Mahátittha.
One died on the way, the other went to Anurádhapura, and from there to Rohana, where he took up his abode in Cullanagaragáma and visited the Elder in his monastery. Under him he entered the Order and became an arahant. AA.i.384.