1. Kála.-Son of Anáthapindika.-As he showed no signs of piety his father, feeling very distressed, made a solemn promise to give him a thousand if he kept the fast-day. Kála won the money, and the next day he was promised a thousand if he would listen to the Buddha preaching and learn a single verse of the Dhamma. He listened to the Buddha's sermon, but by the will of the Buddha he could not keep in mind a single verse until the sermon came to an end. He then became a sotápanna and accompanied the Buddha and the monks to his father's house. There, when in the presence of them all Anáthapindika gave Kála the money, he refused to accept it, and the Buddha explained what had happened. DhA.iii.189ff
2. Kála.-An Elder. A certain woman ministered to him as though he were her son, but when she expressed her desire to see the Buddha, Kála tried to dissuade her from doing so. One day she visited the Buddha without telling Kála of her intention, and when he learnt where she had gone he hurried to the Buddha and tried to prevent him from preaching to her, in case she should stop caring for him. DhA.iii.155f
3. Kála.-Minister of Pasenadi. He was grieved when the king spent his fortune in giving alms to the Buddha and his monks at the Asadisa-dána ; the Buddha, knowing his thoughts, spoke but a single stanza by way of thank offering at the end of the dána lest Kála's head should split in seven pieces in anger. When the king learnt, on inquiry, why the Buddha had so acted, he dismissed Kála from his service. DA.ii.654f; DhA.iii.186-8; also ii.89.
4. Kála.-An Elder of Kosala. He joined the Order in his old age and lived in the forest with his friend Junha. Once the question arose between them as to which part of the month was cold, and being unable to decide the question, they sought the Buddha, who preached to them the Máluta Játaka (q.v.). (J.i.165)
5. Kála. The name given by his wife to the Ájívaka Upaka (ThigA.i.223) because he was dark in complexion (ThigA.i.226).
6. Kála.-King of the Nágas; see Mahákála.
7. Kála.-A young stag, son of the Bodhisatta; a previous birth of Devadatta. The story is given in the Lakkhana Játaka. J.i.142f
8. Kála.-See Kálahatthi.
9. Kála.-One of the Nirayas. J.vi.248.
10. Kála.-A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a list of Pacceka Buddhas. M.iii.70; ApA.i.107.
11. Kála.-Brother of Pasenadi, king of Kosala. Dvy.153.
12. Kála.-See also Cullakála, Mahá-Kála and Káludáyí.