Pāli Dictionary
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Compound structure

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kāladevala
  1. kāla

    time; period; occasion; season

  2. devala

    Devala, name of an ascetic (also borne by several other figures, incl. a Pacceka Buddha and a chief disciple)

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Kāḷadevala
Person

  • A cross-reference to Asita-Devala.

Kāḷadevala2
Person

  • An ascetic who was a friend and counsellor of King Suddhodana, from whom the future Buddha’s mother regularly took the precepts until she conceived the Bodhisatta.

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