Kāvinda
PersonL’un des ministres de la justice du roi Vedeha de Mithilā qui, possédé par un yakkha les jours de jeûne et forcé d’aboyer comme un chien, fut faussement emprisonné et condamné au fouet pour complot contre Mahosadha, mais gracié à la demande de Mahosadha lui-même.
One of the legal ministers (dhammānusāsaka) of King Vedeha of Mithilā (J.vi.330 ff). On the fast-day of the dark fortnight a yakkha named Naradeva took possession of him and he barked like a mad dog. His son, knowing this, shut him up indoors on these occasions. When the king discovered this, Kāvinda was cast into prison and ordered to be flogged for plotting against Mahosadha, but at the latter’s request he was pardoned.
In the present age he was Ambaṭṭha (J.vi.478).
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