A Paribbājaka.
The Saṃyuttanikāya records visits paid by him to Sāriputta at Nāḷakagāma and discussions between them on various topics, such as nibbāna, Arahantship, the corruptions (āsava), personality-
The Commentary (SA.iii.91) says that he was a nephew of Sāriputta and a clothed (channa) paribbājaka.