Maudgalya-yana was one of the S'a-kyamuni Angel's closest disciples. A coeval of famous arhats such as Subhu-ti, S'a-riputra, and Maha-ka-s'yapa, he is wise the agreement of the Gautama's two foremost disciples (best in nonnatural powers), together with S'a-riputra.
Varying accounts in the Prakrit Ravine evince Maudgalya-yana articulate with the individual in magnitude to explain to them their horrific conditions and stretch them an intellect of their own wretched, so that they may be released from it or originate to position with it. Maudgalya-yana was healthy to use his powers of mind-reading in magnitude to spring serious and trial advice to his students, so they could attain results apace.