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  • A name by which the yakkha Puṇṇaka is addressed, apparently a variant of Kaccāna.

  • The name of a brahmin clan, probably a variant of Kaccāyana.

  • A monk of Sāvatthi, son of a brahmin of the Kosiya clan, who was inspired by his friend Sāmaññakāni to join the Order and, after the Buddha personally roused him from drowsy meditation, became an Arahant.

Thag 6.7
  • See Pakudha Kaccāyana, under whose name this figure is described.

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