Pāli Dictionary

Kaccāyana3

Person

A name by which the yakkha Puṇṇaka calls himself and is addressed in the Vidhura Jātaka, alongside the variant forms Kaccāna and Kātiyāna.

In the Vidhura Jātaka, the yakkha Puṇṇaka calls himself and is addressed as Kaccāyana (J.vi.273), Kaccāna (J.vi.283, 286, 301, 327) and Kātiyāna (J.vi.299, 306, 308). The scholiast seems to offer no explanation.

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