One of the five bankers (setthi) of limitless wealth in Bimbisára's kingdom, the others being Jotiya, Jatila, Mendaka, and Punnaka (DhA.i.385; AA.i.220). He was once very poor, and Mahá-Kassapa, having spent seven days in samádhi, stood at his door, wishing to do him a favour. Kákavaliya's wife saw the Elder and poured into his bowl the saltless sour gruel she had cooked for her husband. The Elder took it and put it into the hands of the Buddha, who resolved that it should suffice for the large assembly of monks. On the seventh day after that, Kákavaliya was appointed setthi (Vsm.ii.403). He is quoted as an example of one who was able to give gifts which bore fruit in this very existence, because his gift contained the four purities: lawful acquisition, greatness of volition, virtue in the recipient and consummate virtue in the giver. DhsA.161f; see also AA.i.48, 364.