Śāriputra (; Tibetan: ཤཱ་རིའི་བུ་, Pali: "Sāriputta", lit. "the son of Śāri", born Upatiṣya, Pali: "Upatissa") was one of the top disciples of the Buddha. He is considered the first of the Buddha's two chief male disciples, together with Maudgalyāyana (Pali: "Moggallāna"). Śāriputra had a key leadership role in the ministry of the Buddha and is considered in many Buddhist schools to have been important in the development of the Buddhist "Abhidharma". He frequently appears in Mahayana sutras, and in some sutras, is used as a counterpoint to represent the Hinayana school of Buddhism.