The name given to the fowler who caught the golden swan from Cittakūṭa, at the request of King Seyya (v.l. Saṃyama), as narrated in the Mahāhaṃsa Jātaka (q.v.) Khemaka received his name from the lake Khema, of which he was in charge. He is identified with Channa (J.v.356 ff).