Pāli Dictionary

kāka

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kaṅka, vāyasa, dhaṅka

general

  • corbeau

  • crow

  • DN 22

    puna caparaṃ bhikkhave bhikkhu seyyathā'pi passeyya sarīraṃ sivathikāya chaḍḍitaṃ kākehi vā khajjamānaṃ kulalehi vā khajjamānaṃ gijjhehi vā khajjamānaṃ kaṅkehi vā khajjamānaṃ

  • SN 55.21

    taṃ idh'eva kākā vā khādanti gijjhā vā khādanti kulalā vā khādanti sunakhā vā khādanti siṅgālā vā khādanti vividhā vā pāṇakajātā khādanti, yañ'ca khv'assa cittaṃ dīgharattaṃ saddhāparibhāvitaṃ… taṃ uddhagāmi hoti visesagāmi.

Encyclopedia

Kāka
Person

  • Un esclave d’une rapidité surnaturelle du roi Caṇḍapajjota, envoyé pour rattraper le médecin fugitif Jīvaka, mais déjoué par lui à l’aide d’une dose de médicament retardatrice.

  • A supernaturally swift slave of King Caṇḍapajjota, sent to overtake the fleeing physician Jīvaka but outwitted by him with a delaying dose of medicine.

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