Pāli Dictionary

Kitti

Person

マーラガッラカの大臣ブッダとともに侵攻するチョーラ軍を撃退したカッサパ・ヴィッカマバーフの宮廷官吏で、王が褒賞を申し出た際、自身の歳入のうち比丘たちの取り分の免除を願った人物

A court official of Kassapa Vikkamabāhu, son of Mahinda V. He lived in Makkhakudrūsa, and when the Coḷā pillaged Rohaṇa, he, with the help of the minister Buddha of Māragallaka, defeated them and drove them to Pulatthipura. When the king offered him a boon, he desired that the portion of his revenues appropriated by the monks should be remitted. Cv.lv.26 ff.

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