Śāriputra (c. 1335-1426 CE) was a 15th-century Indian Buddhist monk and scholar, and the last known abbot of the Bodh Gaya mahavihara in Bihar, India before its restoration in the 19th century.

Arthur McKeown has suggested that from the descriptions of the city and its fortifications, it could be Simraungadh in the Mithila region on the border of Bihar and Nepal.

At a young age, he made the decision to travel westwards to Bodh Gaya where he studied under two teachers, Gunaratna and Mahasvami and took the precepts of a monk.

From Sariputra, this ruler was said to have received initiations into various tantric lineages including Kalachakra tantra and he was listed as one of the king's main spiritual advisors.

His "lineage biography" states that he spent a year at the monastery of Samye where he devoted himself to rituals relating to the bodhisattva Manjushri.

[7] After leaving Samye, he travelled to Upper Myang in Gtsang where he met Sha ra'i dpon chen Kun dga phags who offered him a substantial amount of gold to stay in the region.

Sariputra agreed to stay for a year and engage in the transmission of vinaya texts with local scholars including the abbot of Palcho Monastery.

After his stay at Gtsang, Sariputra received an imperial invitation to Lhasa which was to be his final destination in Tibet before travelling to China.

Sariputra was also present during the ascension of the Hongxi Emperor to the throne in 1425 and given the title "Perfectly enlightened, great imperial preceptor".