Pāli Dictionary

kāḷaka1

kāḷastemkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

pāpaka, kaṇha, pāpa, pāpikā

general

  • black; black in colour; naturally black or dyed black

  • SN 35.245

    kīdiso, bho purisa, kiṃsuko'ti? so evaṃ vadeyya, kāḷako kho, ambho purisa, kiṃsuko, seyyathā'pi jhāmakhāṇū'ti.

ethics

  • wrong; bad; evil (figurative use of ‘black’)

kāḷaka2

kāḷastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

mala

general

  • a stain; a black spot; a dirty mark

  • DN 14

    seyyathā'pi nāma suddhaṃ vatthaṃ apagatakāḷakaṃ samma'd'eva rajanaṃ paṭiggaṇheyya, evam'eva tesaṃ caturāsītipāṇasahassānaṃ tasmiṃ'y'eva āsane virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādi, yaṃ kiñci samudayadhammaṃ sabbaṃ taṃ nirodhadhamman'ti

  • (of rice) a small black grain

kāḷaka3

kāḷakastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Kāḷaka, name of a wealthy merchant (seṭṭhi) of Sāketa

kālakā

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • a squirrel

kālaka

approximate

kālastemkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • black; dark; soiled with dirt

kāḷakā

approximate

kāḷastemkasuffixāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • a squirrel

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Kāḷaka
Person

  • A millionaire of Sāketa and follower of the Nigaṇṭhas whose son married Anāthapiṇḍika’s granddaughter Cūḷa-Subhaddā; converted to Stream-entry on hearing the Buddha, he forcibly evicted the Nigaṇṭhas from his park and gave it, as the Kāḷakārāma, to build a monastery for the Buddha.

Kāḷaka2
Person

  • A general of King Yasapāṇi of Bārāṇasī and a past birth of Devadatta; his story is told in the Dhammaddhaja Jātaka.

Kāḷaka3
Other

  • A cross-reference entry pointing to the related name Ayya-Kāḷaka.

Kāḷaka4
Person

  • A name in the Aṅguttaranikāya possibly used as a generic term for a wicked monk (Kāḷaka-bhikkhu) rather than a proper name.

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