Son of the setthi of Sílavatí. Having gone to Sávatthi on business and heard the Buddha preach, he entered the Order, winning arahantship in due course. He later returned to Silávatí and preached to the king, who became a convert, and built for him a vihára called Sudassana and paid him great honour. Bandhura gave the vihára to the monks and returned to Sávatthi, saying that he had no need of possessions.
In the time of Siddhattha Buddha he was a watchman in the king's palace and offered kanavera flowers to the Buddha and his monks. Thag.vs.103; ThagA.207f.
He is probably identical with Kanaverapupphiya of the Apadána (Ap.i.182). v.l. Sandhaya, Sandhava.