Pāli Dictionary

Kāḷī5

Other

舍卫城一名火葬场女工,曾将一具刚火化尸体的残骸留给比丘摩诃迦罗(Mahākāḷa)作为观修之用。

A crematrix (chavadāhikā) of Sāvatthi. Seeing Mahākāḷa meditating in the cemetery, she cut off from a recently cremated body its thighs and arms, and making of them a sort of milk bowl, placed it near where the Thera sat. Thag.151; ThagA.i.271; more details are given in DhA.i.57 ff.

All entries named Kāḷī

Found an error in the dictionary?