Pāli Dictionary

kakkaṭa1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • a crab

kakkaṭa2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • name of a lay disciple (Kakkaṭa)

  • SN 55.10

    ekam'antaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, kakkaṭo nāma, bhante, ñātike upāsako kālaṅ'kato, tassa kā gati, ko abhisamparāyo?

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Kakkaṭa
Person

  • An eminent monk numbered among a group who stayed with the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesāli and withdrew into the woodlands when the Licchavis came to pay their respects.

Kakkaṭa2
Person

  • A lay disciple of Ñātika, evidently identical with Kakudha (1).

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