Pali Proper Names - K -

• Kabupelanda
• Kacangala.-See Kajangala.
• Kácaragáma, Kájaragáma, Kátaragáma
• Kaccána
• Kaccáná
• Kaccána Peyyála/Sutta
• Kaccání 1.-The old woman whose story is related in the story of the past in the Kaccáni Játaka.
• Kaccání 2.-See also Kátiyání.
• Kaccáni Játaka (No. 417)
• Kaccáni Vagga.-The first section of the Atthaka Nipáta of the Játakattakathá. J.iii.422-28.
• Kaccáyana
• Kaccáyanabheda
• Kaccáyanagandha.-One of the six books ascribed to Mahá Kaccáyana (Gv.59); it probably refers to the Kaccáyana-vyákarana.
• Kaccáyanasára
• Kaccáyanavannaná.-A commentary on Kaccáyana's grammar by a thera of Ceylon, named Vijitáví (Svd.1242). It deals with the sections on Sandhikappa. Bode, 46.
• Kaccáyana-vyákarana
• Kaccáyanayoga.-A name given to the aphorisms in Kaccáyana-vyákarana. Bode, op. cit., p.21.
• Kacchaka-(Kaccha-)tittha
• Kacchakadaha
• Kacchapa Játaka (No. 178, 215, 273)
• Kacchapagiri.-Another name, according to the Mahávamsa Tika (MT.652) for the Issarasamana-vihára. It is perhaps a variation of Kassapagiri.
• Kacchavála.-A monastery built for the Pamsukalikas by Vajira, general of Dappula II. Cv.xlix.80.
• Kadakudda
• Kadalígáma
• Kadalínivátaka
• Kadalípattagáma.-A village in Rohana near the ford called Nílavalá, and close to the modern Mátara. Cv.lxxv.49; Cv.Trs.ii.48, n.2.
• Kadalíphaladáyaka Thera.-An arahant. Thirty-one kappas ago he saw a Buddha and gave him a banana fruit (Ap.i.297). He is probably identical with Cúlaka Thera (ThagA.i.334).
• Kadalípupphiya.-See Kandalípupphiya.
• Kadalisálagáma.-A village in Ceylon, the residence of Vilasa (q.v.).
• Kadalíváta.-One of the Vanni kings of Ceylon, head of the mercenary soldiers who were driven out of Ceylon by Bhuvanekabáhu I. (Cv.xc.33).
• Kadamba, Kadambaka
• Kadambagona.-A vihára built by Aggabodhi V. in Maháthala, and probably presented to the Pamsukúlins. Cv.xlviii.3; Cv.Trs.i.110, n.1.
• Kadambapupphiya Thera
• Kaddamadaha.-A lake, on the bank of which was Váraná, where Mahá-Kaccána once stayed, and where he was visited by the brahmin Árámadanda. A.i.65.
• Kaddúragáma.-A village near Álisára; the village entrenchment was captured by Máyágeha, general of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxx.165.
• Kaddúravaddhamána
• Kadiliya.-A Damila chief who was defeated by the forces of Parakkamabáhu I. at Kundayankotta. Cv.lxxvi.177.
• Káhallivápi.-A tank restored by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxix.37.
• Kájagallaka.-A village in Ceylon, probably near modern Kurunegala. An elephant-stable was there, from which Bhuvanekabáhu I. took an elephant. Cv.xc.9.
• Kajangalá
• Kajangala (Kajangalá)
• Káka
• Káka Játaka (No.140, 146, 395)
• Káka Sutta.-The wicked monk is like a crow in that he possesses the same ten qualities: offensiveness, recklessness, shamelessness, excessive greed, cruelty, gruesomeness, want of strength, "earthyness" (? oravitá), bewilderment and meanness. A.v.149; see also G.S.v.101.
• Kakacúpama Sutta
• Kákadípa
• Kákálaya.-A village in Ceylon where there was a Damila stronghold captured by Parakkamabáhu II. Cv.lxxxiii.12.
• Kákanda, Kákandí.-The commentaries speak of Kákanda as a sage of yore and mention him in the company of Savattha and Kusumba. His residence later came to be called Kákandí. SnA.i.300; cp. KhA.110; UdA.55.
• Kákandaka.-A brahmin, father of Yasa Thera, the latter being generally referred to as Yasa Kákandakaputta (q.v.). Mhv.iv.12, 49, 57, etc.; Dpv.v.23; Mbv.96.
• Kákaneru.-One of the highest mountains in the world; mentioned together with Málágiri, Himavá, Gijjha, Sudassana and Nisabha. J.vi.204, 212.
• Kákannádu.-A district in South India subdued by the forces of Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxvi.262.
• Kakantaka Játaka.-The same as the Kakantaka-Pañha.
• Kakantaka-Pañha
• Kakantaka Vagga.-The fifteenth chapter of the Eka Nipáta of the Játakatthakathá. J.i.487-511.
• Kákátí Játaka (No.327)
• Kákátí.-Chief queen of the Bodhisatta, in one of his births as king of Benares. See Kákátí Játaka.
• Kákavaliya, Kákavalliya
• Kákavanna-Tissa
• Kakkara Játaka (No. 209)
• Kakkarapatta.-A township of the Koliyans. It was while the Buddha was staying there that the Koliyan Díghajánu came to see him. A.iv.281.
• Kakkáru Játaka (No. 326)
• Kakkárupújaka Thera.-An arahant. Thirty-one kappas ago he was a deva and offered a kakkáru-flower to the Buddha Sikhí. Nine kappas ago he was a king named Sattuttama (Ap.i.177). He is evidently identical with Jenta Thera. ThagA.i.219.
• Kakkárupupphiya Thera.-An arahant. Ninety-two kappas ago he was a deva in the Yáma-world and, approaching the Pacceka Buddha Gotama, offered him a kakkáru-flower. v.l. Kekkáru°. Ap.i.286.
• Kakkata
• Kakkata Játaka (No. 267)
• Kakkatarasadáyaka-vimána Vatthu
• Kakkhala
• Kakkhalavitthi.-A village given by Jetthatissa III. for the maintenance of the Veluvana-vihára (near Anurádhapura). Cv.xliv.99.
• Kakkola.-A district in South India which supplied soldiers to Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvii.2.
• Kákola.-A hell; beings born there are dragged about by flocks of ravens, vultures and hawks, and eaten alive. J.vi.247.
• Kakubandhagáma.-A village in Rohana. Ras.ii.188.
• Kakubandhakandara.-A stream, near Pásánavápigáma. Ras.i.103.
• Kakudha
• Kakudha Sutta
• Kakudha Vagga.-The tenth chapter of the Pañcaka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.iii.118-26.
• Kakusandha
• Kakusandha Sutta.-To Kakusandha, as to the Buddha before he was enlightened, came thoughts of the suffering in the world and of how it could be stopped. S.ii.9.
• Kakutthá (Kakutthá, Kukutthá)
• Kála
• Kála Sutta
• Kálabáhu Játaka (No.329)
• Kálabáhu.-A monkey, a previous birth of Devadatta. See the Kálabáhu Játaka. J.iii.97ff
• Kála-bhikkhu Sutta.-See Kálaka(-bhikkhu) Sutta.
• Kalábu.-King of Kásí. He tortured the ascetic Khantivádí who was the Bodhisatta. He was therefore swallowed up in Avíci. He was a previous incarnation of Devadatta. The story is given in the Khantivádí Játaka (J.iii.39ff; he is often referred to, e.g., J.v.135,143ff).
• Kála-Buddharakkhita
• Kálacampá
• Káladána Sutta.-The name given in the Sutta Sangaha (No. 1) for Kála Sutta (3).
• Káladeva
• Káladevala
• Káladíghagáma
• Káladíghavápi
• Káladíghávika.-A padhánaghara built by Hatthadátha. Cv.xlvi.46.
• Kálagáma. A village in Ceylon. A minister of this village is given as an example of a man who committed suicide in remorse (vippatisárí). SnA.i.30.
• Kálagiri, Kálágiri.-See Kálapabbata.
• Kálagiribhanda.-A district in Ceylon. The forces of Parakkamabáhu I. fought there twenty battles before it could be brought under subjection (Cv.lxxii.62). It is identified with the modern Kalugalboda-rata. Cv.Trs.i.325, n.1.
• Kálágiri-khana.-That section of the Vidhurapandita Játaka which ends with the bringing of Vidhura by Punnaka to the realm of the Nágas. J.vi.314.
• Kalahanagara.-A village built on the spot where Pandukábhaya defeated the soldiers sent by the father of Suvannapálí to rescue her. Mhv.x.42; see also Mhv.Trs.71, n.1, for its identification.
• Kálahatthi
• Kalahaviváda Sutta
• Kalahayinádu.-A district in South India. Cv.lxxvi.261.
• Kálaka
• Kálaka Sutta
• Kalakacchagáma.-A village in Ceylon, near Kalyání. At the Nága-mahá-vihára there the thera Maliyadeva preached the Cha-chakka Sutta; sixty monks heard it and became arahants. MA.ii.1025.
• Kálakagáma.-A village in Ceylon in which was the Mandaláráma, the residence of the Elder Mahásona (q.v.). VibhA.448. It was evidently the same as Kallagama (q.v.).
• Kálakañjaká
• Kálakanní
• Kálakanní Játaka (No.83)
• Kálakáráma Sutta.-See Kálaka Sutta.
• Kálakáráma.-The park presented to the Buddha by Kálaka, and the monastery he built therein for the Buddha. The Buddha stayed there on his visit to Sáketa at Cúla-Subhaddá's request. A.ii.24; AA.ii.482.
• Kálakhemaka
• Kálakúta.-One of the five mountain ranges surrounding Anotatta. It has the colour of añjana (collyrium). SnA.ii.437; UdA.300; AA.ii.759; MA.ii.585.
• Kalalahallika. A village and tank near Álisára. There was a fortification there.. The tank was restored by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxviii.48; lxx.73, 163; also Cv. Trs.i.301, n.1.
• Káláma
• Kálamahí.-A branch of the river Mahá-Mahí, which it later rejoins. SnA.i.27.
• Kálamattika.-A tank given by Jetthatissa for the use of the Cetiyapabbata-vihára. Mhv.xxxvi.130.
• Kálamattiya, Kálamattika.-A forest. Mutthika, after his death, was born as a goblin in this forest, and when Baladeva reached the spot during his flight, Mutthika challenged him to a wrestling match and ate him up "like a radish-bulb." J.iv.82, 88.
• Kalamba.-A river near Anurádhapura, probably identical with Kadamba (Sp.ii.474) (q.v.). The river was to the east of Anurádhapura. MA.ii.653.
• Kalambadáyaka Thera.-An arahant. Ninety-four kappas ago he met a Pacceka Buddha named Romasa and gave him a radish (kalamba). Ap.ii.393.
• Kalambaka-Vihára.-A monastery built by King Saddhátissa. Mhv.xxxvii.8.
• Kalambatittha-Vihára
• Kálanadí.-A river in Ceylon, the present Kaluganga. Devapatirája built over the river a bridge of eighty-six cubits and laid out a garden of coco palms from the river to Bhímatittha-vihára. Cv.xlvi.40, 44.
• Kálanága.-See Mahá-Kála.
• Kálanágara.-The family to which the general Parakkama belonged. Cv.lxxx.49.
• Kalandagáma.-A brahmin village in Ceylon, where King Mahásena built a vihára on the site of an old Hindu temple. Mhv.xxxvii.41.
• Kalandakagáma.-A village near Vesáli; it was the birthplace of Sudinna (Vin.iii.11). Buddhaghosa (Sp.i.202) says the name was given because of the squirrels who lived there.
• Kalandakanivápa
• Kalandakaputta.-See Sudinna. Kalanda or Kalandaka was the name, not of his father, but of his village. Sp.i.202.
• Kalanda-Vihára
• Kalanduka Játaka (No.127)
• Kalanduka.-A servant of the Treasurer of Benares (Báránasí-setthi). See Kalanduka Játaka.
• Kálapabbata
• Kálapásána(-pásáda)-parivena
• Kálapásána.-A tank in Ceylon; one of sixteen tanks built by King Nabásena. Mhv.xxxvii.49.
• Kálapilla.-A locality in Rohana in Ceylon. There the troops of Parakkamabáhu I. defeated those of Gajabáhu. Cv.lxx.325.
• Kalára Sutta
• Kálárajanaka
• Kalárakhattiya Vagga.-The fourth chapter of the Nidána Samyutta. S.ii.47-68.
• Kalárakkhattiya.-A monk. He visits Sáriputta and tells him of Moliya-Phagguna's secession from the Order. The account of the incident is included in the Kalára Sutta (q.v.).
• Kaláramatthuka
• Kálasela.-A statue of the Buddha. See Silásambuddha.
• Kálasena
• Kalasigáma.-The birthplace of Milinda in the Island of Alasandá (or Alexandria) in the Indus (Mil.83). Rhys Davids (Milinda Questions, i., p.xxiii) thinks that the name is identical with that of the Greek settlement Karisi.
• Kálasilá
• Kálásoka
• Kálasumana.-Thera. One of those responsible for preserving the Vinaya in Ceylon after the death of Mahinda. Vin.v.3; Sp.i.104.
• Kálasutta.-One of the principal hells (J.v.266, 267, 268). Beings born there are placed on a floor of heated iron, marked with a black thread made red hot, and then cut into pieces along the markings (J.v.270).
• Kálatinduka Vihára.-A monastery in Ceylon. Ras.ii.165.
• Kálatittha.-A locality in Rohana. There Vikkamapandu had his seat of government (Cv.lvi.12). It is identified with the modern Kalutara, at the mouth of the Kaluganga.
• Kálávaka.-The tribe of ordinary elephants, each one of which possesses the strength of ten men. MA.i.263; UdA.403; VibhA.397; BuA.37, etc.
• Kálavalli.-A tank repaired by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxiz.36.
• Kálavallimandapa.-A vihára in Ceylon, the residence of the Elder Mahánága (DA.i.190, 191; SnA.i.56; VbhA.352, 353; J.iv.490; MT.606). It was near the village Nakulanagara (DhsA.339) and was situated in Rohana (AA.i.384).
• Kálavela
• Kálavilangika.-See Mahá Kassapa.
• Kaláyamutthi Játaka (No.176)
• Káláyanakannika.-A locality in Rohana. There Mahádáthika Mahánága built two viháras, Maninágapabbata and Kalanda. Mhv.xxxiv.89; MT.637.
• Kálí
• Káli Sutta
• Kálí Sutta.-Kálí Kururaghara visits Mahá-Kaccána and asks him for a detailed exposition of one of the stanzas in the Kumáripañhas. (The stanza occurs at S.i.126). Mahá-Kaccána explains, and his explanation deals with the ten kasinas. A.v.46f
• Káli.-A tank in Ceylon, built by King Vasabha (Mhv.xxxv.95). It was among those repaired by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxviii.45.
• Káligodhá
• Káligotamí.-See Gotamí (1).
• Káliká.-See Kálí (9).
• Kalikála.-A Damila chieftain, conquered by Lankápura. Cv.lxxvi.214f.
• Kalikála-sáhicca-sabbaññupandita.-A honorific ("all-knowing scholar of the Dark Age") given to Parakkamabáhu II. on account of his vast erudition. Cv.lxxxii.3.
• Kálikarakkhiya.-An ancient sage mentioned in a list of sages, together with Samudda, Bharata, Angírasa, Kassapa, Kisavaccha and Akitti. J.vi.99.
• Kalimbha Thera (Kalimma).-One of the monks who lived in the Kútágárasálá in Vesálí. Finding that the peace of the Mahávana was being disturbed by the Licchavis who came to see the Buddha, he, with the other monks, went to Gosingasálavana. A.v.133f.
• Kálindí.-A channel in the irrigation system of Parakkamabáhu I., flowing southward from the Manihíra tank. Cv.lxxix.54.
• Kálinga, Kalinga
• Kálinga-bháradvája.-The chaplain of King Kálinga. See the Kálingabodhi Játaka. He was the Bodhisatta, and is sometimes called Kálinga-bráhmana (E.g., J.iv.235).
• Kálingabodhi Játaka (No.479)
• Kalingara Sutta
• Kálingárañña.-See Kálinga (2).
• Kallagáma.-A village in Ceylon. In the village was the Mandálárámaka-vihára (q.v.). AA.i.22, 52.
• Kallakálena.-A monastery in Ceylon, built by Saddhátissa. Mhv.xxxiii.7.
• Kallakavelára.-A Damila chief, brother of Tondamána's wife. He was slain by Lankápura. Cv.lxxvii.40, 50.
• Kallaka-vihára.-A monastery in Ceylon, near Bhokkantagáma. There Sumaná, wife of Lakuntaka Atimbam, heard the preaching of the Ásívisopama Sutta and became an arahant. DhA.iv.51.
• Kallara.-A district in South India. Cv.lxxvi.246, 259.
• Kallavá Sutta.-Of those who meditate some are clever in concentration but are not fully expert in meditation, some are the reverse, some have neither quality, while others have both. S.iii.265.
• Kallavála, Kanaválamutta
• Kallita Sutta.-A man may be skilled in ease in concentration, but not in the range thereof, nor in resolve, zeal, perseverance, or profit. S.iii.275.
• Káludáyí Thera
• Kálúla.-A monastery in Ceylon. Aggabodhi VIII, gave a village for its maintenance. Cv.xlix.47.
• Kálúpakála.-The name of the warders in charge of a hell bearing the same name. They smite their victims with arrows and spears.
• Kálussa.-A village given by Udaya I, to the Níláráma (Cv.xlix.16).
• Kalyána (Kalyánaka).-A king of the Mahásammata race. He was the son of Vararoja and one of the ancestors of the Sákyans. His son was Varakalyána. DA.i.258; SnA.i.352; J.ii.311; iii.464; Mhv.ii.2; Dpv.iii.4; Mtu.i.345.
• Kalyánabhatta-tissa.-See Ariyagála-tissa.
• Kalyána-dhamma Játaka (No.171)
• Kalyána-dhamma Vagga.-The third chapter of the Duka Nipáta of the Játaka. J.ii.63-86.
• Kalyánamitta Sutta
• Kalyánamitta Vagga.-The eighth chapter of the Eka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.i.14f.
• Kalyánavatí
• Kalyání
• Kalyání Sutta.-No beautiful woman (janapadakalyání) can persistently possess the heart of a man who is fond of gain, favours, and flattery. S.ii.235.
• Kalyáni-(Kalyánika)-vihára
• Kalyáni-Cetiya
• Kalyanigáma.-A village, probably in or near Kalyání; it was the residence of Mahátissa Thera. SnA.i.6.
• Kalyánippakarana.-A record of the famous Kalyáni inscriptions set up near Pegu by Dhammaceti, giving details of the consecration of the Kalyánisímá in Pegu by the monks who received their ordination at the Kalyáni-vihára in Ceylon. Bode, 23, 38f.; P.L.C.257f.
• Kalyáni-Tissa.-A king of Kalyání, father of Viháramahádeví (Mhv.xxii.12ff). He was great-grandson of Mutasíva and grandson of Uttiya. His younger brother was called Ayya-Uttiya (MT.431).