Kāvinda
PersonEiner der Rechtsminister des Königs Vedeha von Mithilā, der an Fastentagen von einem Yakkha besessen wurde und wie ein Hund bellen musste, zu Unrecht wegen einer Verschwörung gegen Mahosadha inhaftiert und zur Auspeitschung verurteilt, aber auf Mahosadhas eigenen Wunsch begnadigt wurde.
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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