Pāli Dictionary

kāḷakaṇṇī

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • an unfortunate, ill-omened person; a wretch; (also) a dark-complexioned girl

kālakaṇṇī

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • an unfortunate person; a wretch (also personified in folklore as the goddess/spirit of misfortune)

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Kāḷakaṇṇī
Other

  • A childhood friend of Anāthapiṇḍika who, despite his inauspicious name, was trusted with managing his business and cleverly foiled a gang of robbers.

Kāḷakaṇṇī2
Person

  • The name of a treasurer’s friend in the story of the past told in the Kāḷakaṇṇi Jātaka.

Kāḷakaṇṇī3
Person

  • A daughter of Virūpakkha who quarrelled with Sirī over precedence in bathing at Lake Anotatta, as told in the Sirikāḷakaṇṇi Jātaka.

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