Pali Proper Names - K -

• Kebuká
• Kehála.-See Kohála.
• Kehella.-A village in Ceylon, the revenue from which Aggabodhi III. gave to the padhánaghara called Mahallarája. Cv.xliv.120.
• Keheta.-A village in Ceylon, given by Jetthatissa III. for the maintenance of the Gangámáti-vihára. Cv.xliv.99.
• Keka.-A kingdom in Mahimsakarattha. Ajjuna Sahassabáhu once ruled there. v.l. Kekaka (J.v.145).
• Kekaka.-A city, regarded in ancient times as one of the three chief cities of Jambudípa, the others being Uttarapañcála and Indapatta. J.ii.213.
• Kekaká.-The people of Kekaka. J.ii.214; v.267, 273; vi.280, 281.
• Kekarájá.-The king of Kekaka. J.vi.280, 281.
• Kekaya.-Another name for Keka and Kekaka. J.ii.214.
• Kekkhárupupphiya.-See Kakkáru.
• Kelása
• Kelaváhá.-See Telaváhá.
• Kelisíla Játaka (No.202)
• Keliváta.-A district or village in Ceylon. Aggabodhi I. built there the Sumanapabbata-vihára. Cv.xlii.19.
• Keliya-tissa.-See Ariyagála-tissa.
• Keniya (v.l. Kenniya)
• Keralá
• Kerala.-A country in South India, along the Malabar coast. See Keralá.
• Keralasíhamuttara.-A Damila chief, an ally of Kulasekhara (Cv.lxxvi.141). He later formed a friendship with Lankápura. Cv.lxxvii.7.
• Kesa.-See Kesi.
• Kesadhátu
• Kesadhátuvamsa
• Kesakambala Sutta
• Kesakambala.-See Ajita Kesakambala.
• Kesakárí
• Kesaputta.-A township of the Kosalans and the residence of the Kálámas. The Buddha once stayed there, on which occasion he preached the Kesaputtiya Sutta. A.i.188.
• Kesaputtiya Sutta
• Kesaputtiyá.-The people of Kesaputta - the Kálámas (A.i.188). It is suggested that they may be identical with the Kesins of the Satapatha Bráhman. Law: Geog. p.30 n.; PHAI.118.
• Kesáráma.-A park in the city of Sílavatí. The Buddha Dhammadassí died there. Bu.xvi.25; BuA.185.
• Kesarapupphiya Thera.-An arahant. Ninety-one kappas ago he was a vijjádhara in Himavá, and having seen the Buddha Vessabhú, gave him three kesara-flowers. Ap.i.187.
• Kesava
• Kesava Játaka (No.346)
• Kesi (Vagga/Sutta)
• Kesí.-See Kesiní below.
• Kesiní 1.-One of the wives of Ekarája. J.vi.134.
• Kesiní 2.-Mother of Buddhaghosa (Buddhaghosuppatti, p.38). The Sásanavamsa (p.29) calls her Kesí.
• Ketakapupphiya Thera.-An arahant. Ninety-one kappas ago he saw the Buddha Vipassí (?) on the banks of the Vinatá and gave him a ketaka-flower (Ap.ii.449f). His stanzas are given in the Theragáthá Commentary under two names: Abhaya and Kappatakura.
• Ketakavana.-A forest near Nalakapána in Kosala. There the Buddha preached the Nalapána Játaka. J.i.170.
• Ketumá.-A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a list of their names. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.
• Ketumatí
• Ketumbarága.-The name of a Pacceka Buddha (M.iii.70; Ap.i.107).
• Kevatta (v.l. Kevaddha)
• Kevatta (v.l. Kevaddha) Sutta
• Kevattadvára.-One of the gates of Benares. The village near it bore the same name and was the residence of Lakhumá. VvA.97f.
• Kevattagambhíra.-A village in Rohana, given by Dappula to the Nága-vihára. Cv.xlv.58.
• Kevatta-Nanda.-One of the Nava-Nandá.
• Khadira Sutta.-It is just as impossible to destroy dukkha without realising the Four Noble Truths as it is to make a leaf-basket of acacia leaves, etc., or to fetch water in such a basket, or to use the leaves for a fan. S.v.438.
• Khadirangani.-A village in Ceylon. Kitti (afterwards Vijayabáhu I.) once occupied a stronghold in the village and fought a successful battle near by. Cv.lvii.72; lviii.36.
• Khadirangára Játaka (No.40)
• Khadirávali Vihára.-A monastery in Rohana. Dappula I, built it and offered it to the presiding deity of the place (probably Skanda). Cv.xlv.55; see also Cv. Trs.i.94, n.3.
• Khadiravaniya.-The name of the Bodhisatta when he was once born as a bird in a khadira-wood. See the Kandagalaka Játaka. J.ii.162f.
• Khadiravaniya-Revata.-See Revata.
• Khaggavisána Sutta
• Khajjakadáyaka Thera.-An arahant. Ninety-two kappas ago he gave a ripe panasa-fruit, with a coconut, to the Buddha Tissa; and thirteen kappas ago he was a king named Indasoma (Ap.i.182). He is probably identical with Setuccha Thera. ThagA.i.206f.
• Khajjaníya Sutta
• Khajjaníya Vagga.-The eighth chapter of the Khandha Samyutta of the Samyutta Nikáya. S.iii.81-105.
• Khajjaníya-pariyáya.-See Khajjaníya Sutta.
• Khajjopanaka Játaka (No.364).-See Khajjopanaka-Pañha.
• Khajjopanaka-Pañha
• Khajjotanadí.-A river in Ceylon, tributary of the Maháváluka-nadí. Over it Devappatirája built a bridge of thirty cubits. Cv.lxxxvi.22; see also Cv. Trs.ii.173, n.3.
• Khajjúrakavaddhamána.-A tank in Ceylon. Cv.lxvii.39.
• Khalátiya Petavatthu
• Khallátanága
• Khaluggata.-See Baluggata.
• Khalunka Sutta 1.-The eight defects of a horse and the corresponding eight defects of a man. A.iv.190f.
• Khalunka Sutta 2.-Three groups of three classes of horses and the corresponding three classes of men. A.iv.397f.
• Khalupaccha Sutta.-On the five kinds of monks found among those who refuse food offered them after the normal time ("Khalupacchá-bhattiká"). A.iii.220.
• Khamá Sutta 1.-The four modes of progress (patipadá); that which is impatient, that which is patient, that which tames, and that which calms. A.ii.152f.
• Khamá Sutta 2.-Similar to the above, but the practice of the patipadá is differently illustrated. A.ii.153f.
• Khambhakata Vagga.-The Third Section of the Sekhiyá of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.iv.188-91.
• Khanda
• Khandacela
• Khandadeva
• Khandadeviyáputta
• Khandahála Játaka (No.542)
• Khandahála.-A brahmin; a former birth of Devadatta. See the Khandahála Játaka.
• Khandakavitthika.-A village in Ceylon. The birthplace of Súranimila (Mhv.xxiii.19).
• Khandaphulliya Thera
• Khandarája.-A monastery in Ceylon, built by Upatissa II.  Cv.xxxvii.186.
• Khandasímá.-A sacred space in Pulatthipura included in the símá marked out for the Sangha by Parakkamabáhu I. Cv.lxxviii.68; see also Cv. Trs.ii. 110, n.5.
• Khandasumana Thera
• Khandavagga.-A district in Rohana. The forces of the enemies of Parakkamabáhu I, once encamped there. Cv.1xxv.119-23.
• Khandha Paritta/Vagga/Samyutta
• Khandha Sutta
• Khandhá Sutta 1.-The five khandhas and the five upádánakkhandhas. S.iii.47.
• Khandhá Sutta 2.-It is for the full comprehension of the five upádánakkhandhas that the Noble Eightfold Path should be followed. S.v.60.
• Khandhaka Thúpa.-A cetiya (probably in the Cetiyapabbata). King Lañjaka Tissa caused a mantling of stone to be made for it. Mhv.xxxiii.25. v.l. Katthaka, Kanthaka Thúpa, Kantaka Thúpa. See also Katthaka.
• Khandhaká
• Khandhapura.-The Páli name for Myein Zaing in Burma (Bode, op. cit., 40).
• Khandhávara.-The family name of Ayasmanta (Cv.lxxx.37). They were worshippers of the god Skanda, and were an offshoot of the Moriyavamsa. According to the colophon of the Sinhalese poem, Sálalihinisandesa.
• Khandhavatta Játaka (No.203)
• Khandhena Sutta
• Khandigáma.-A village in Ceylon. It contained a narrow pass where a battle took place between Gajabáhu and Lankápura, in which the former was defeated. Later, the Adhikárin Nátha suffered defeat in the same place. Cv.lxx.216-81, 298; see also Cv. Trs.i.305, n.6.
• Khañjadeva
• Khanti Sutta.-See Vepacitti Sutta.
• Khantikakhipa.-See Nágita (2).
• Khantivádí Játaka (No.313)
• Khantivádí.-The title of the ascetic of the Khantivádí Játaka.
• Khantivanna Játaka (No.225)
• Khánu 1.-A Tamil general whom Dutthagámani conquered in his campaign. His stronghold was at Khánugáma. Mhv.xxv.14.
• Khánu 2.-A tank, probably at Khánugáma, built by Mahásena. Mhv.xxxvii.47.
• Khánu Kondañña
• Khánumata.-A brahmin village of Magadha, presented to Kútadanta by Bimbisára. The Buddha once stayed there at the Ambalatthika pleasance, and there he preached the Kútadanta Sutta. D.i.127.
• Khara
• Kharadáthika
• Kharádiya Játaka (No.15)
• Kharádiyá.-See the Kharádiya Játaka.
• Kharaputta Játaka (No.386)
• Kharassara Játaka (No.79)
• Khárodaká.-A river in Avíci, flowing alongside the Asipattavana. M.iii.185; SNA.ii.479.
• Khata Sutta
• Khattiya Sutta
• Khattiyání or Velámiká.-Chief of the eighty-four thousand women who waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahásudassana of Kusávatí. S.iii.146; but see D.ii.188.
• Khaya Sutta
• Khema
• Khemá
• Khema Sutta
• Khema Vagga.-The sixth chapter of the Navaka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya. A.iv.455f.
• Khemábhirata.-A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in a nominal list (M.iii.70).
• Khemaka
• Khemankara
• Khemappakarana
• Khemáráma.-A locality in Ceylon. Here Dutthagámani, having vanquished eleven Damila chiefs, distributed among his troops the booty rescued from them - hence the name (Mhv.xxv.10; MT.474).
• Khemátherí Sutta.-Records the story of the visit of Pasenadi to Khemá (S.iv.374ff). See Khemá (1).
• Khemavatí
• Khemí.-A pond, probably identical with Khema (8) (J.v.374).
• Khemiyá.-A class of gods, present at the preaching of the Mahá Samaya Sutta (D.ii.261).
• Khemiyambavana.-A mango grove near Benares. Udena once stayed there and preached the Ghotamukha Sutta. M.ii.157.
• Khetta Sutta 1.-The eight qualities of a bad field in which to sow grain and the corresponding qualities of a good field. Similarly with the recipients of gifts. A.iv.237f.
• Khetta Sutta 2.-Few abstain from accepting fields; many do not. S.v.473.
• Khettúpama-peta Vatthu.-The first story of the Peta Vatthu. Pv.i.1.
• Khiddápadosiká
• Khila Sutta
• Khílá Sutta.-The three mental obstructions - lust, hatred, and illusion - to the comprehension of the Noble Eightfold Path (S.v.57).
• Khira Sutta.-Preached at Sávatthi. Incalculable is the beginning of samsára. The milk drunk by a being during his wanderings in samsára is more in quantity than the water of the four seas. S.ii.180.
• Khírabhatta-tissa.- See Ariyagála-tissa.
• Khíragáma
• Khírarukkha Sutta.-Where lust, malice, and infatuation exist in a man, even trifling objects, cognisable by the senses, find their way into the mind, just as, in a sap-tree, sap flows out wherever man cuts it with an axe (S.iv.159f).
• Khíravápikagáma.-A village in Ceylon, near the district of Ambavana (Cv.lxvi.85).
• Khitaka Thera
• Kholakkhiya.-An image of the Buddha in Ceylon. King Udaya I. gave for its maintenance the village of Mahámaga. Cv.xlix.14.
• Khomadáyaka Thera.-An arahant. Ninety-one kappas ago he was a merchant in Bandhumatí and, having seen Vipassí Buddha in the street, gave him a linen cloth (khoma). Twenty-seven kappas ago he was a king named Sindhavasandana. Ap.i.80f.
• Khomadussa
• Khomadussa Sutta
• Khomadussaka.-An inhabitant of Khomadussa. S.i.184.
• Khudda-Aggabodhi.-The name given to Aggabodhi II (Cv.xlii.40; xliv.2). He was also called Khuddarájá (Cv.xliv.138). See Aggabodhi (3).
• Khuddaka Nikáya
• Khuddaka Tissa (Khudda Tissa)
• Khuddaká.-Name of a tribe. Ap.ii.359.
• Khuddaka.-The name given to the section on Pácittiya which occurs in the Sutta Vibhanga of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.iv.174, 345.
• Khuddakañcakunda.-A Damila chief, generally referred to as Culla-kañcakunda. Cv.lxxvi.170.
• Khuddakapátha
• Khuddakavatthu-Khandhaka.-The fifth chapter of the Culla Vagga of the Vinaya Pitaka. Vin.ii.105-43.
• Khuddapárinda.-A Tamil usurper. He was the brother of Parinda who had usurped Dhátusena's throne. He reigned for sixteen years (between 430 and 460 A.C.). Cv.xxxviii.30f.
• Khuddarájá.-See Khudda-Aggabodhi above.
• Khuddarúpí.-See Maddarúpí.
• Khuddasikkhá
• Khuddavalikagáma.-A harbour in North Ceylon. Cv.lxxxviii.23.
• Khujjanága.-Son of Kanittha-Tissa. He was king of Ceylon (246-248 A.C.). He was slain by his brother Kuñcanága. Mhv.xxxvi.18f.
• Khujjasobhita Thera
• Khujjuttará
• Khulú.-Probably a wrong reading for Bhumú. D.iii.6.
• Khuradhára.-A Niraya. Those guilty of abortion are born there. J.v.269, 274f.
• Khuramála, Khuramálí.-A sea. Once, merchants travelling from Bhárukaccha lost their way in it and were rescued by Suppáraka. In the sea were fishes with bodies like men and sharp razor-like snouts. J.iv.139.
• Khurappa Játaka (No.265)