An Arahant. He was the son of a provincial governor in Magadha and was addicted to self-indulgence. The Buddha, seeing him in his net of wisdom, visited him and admonished him, speaking to him of the filthy nature of the body, illustrating his discourse with a wealth of simile and metaphor. Kappa was greatly impressed and joined the Order. He became an Arahant, as his head was being shaved. In the time of the Buddha Siddhattha he was a rich householder, and offered at the Buddha’s shrine a Kapparukkha containing objects of great value. Wherever he was born celestial trees grew outside his door. Seven world-cycles ago he was eight times king under the name of Sucela (Thag.567-76; ThagA.i.521 ff). He is probably identical with Kapparukkhiya of the Apadāna. Ap.i.91.