The name of a brahmin who appears in the āvadana literature as a ruler or chief of the town of Utkaṭa and alternately in the Mūlasarvāstivādavinaya as a king of Taxila (Edgerton 349.1).

“He Who Has the Essence of a Lotus.” A learned brahmin who lived in the district town of Utkaṭa upon its endowment by the king. In Pali sources, in which his name is Pokkharasāti, he is described as becoming a follower of the Buddha after regretfully sending his student Ambaṭṭha to him first (DN I 87ff.). Other students of his were Vāseṭṭha, who plays a key role in the Vāseṭṭha Sutta (Sn 115ff.), and Subha Todeyyaputta, who figures in the Subha Sutta (MN II 197ff.). In the Subha Sutta Pokkharasāti is said to belong to the Opamañña (Aupamanya) lineage of brahmins.