Pāli Dictionary

kakkhaḷa

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

pāpaka, khara, pharusa, ludda, lūkha, caṇḍa, kakkasa, ruddha,

general

  • hard; solid; rough; harsh (of texture or sound)

  • MN 62

    yaṃ kiñci, rāhula, ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ kakkhaḷaṃ kharigataṃ upādinnaṃ… yaṃ vā pan'aññam'pi kiñci ajjhattaṃ paccattaṃ kakkhaḷaṃ kharigataṃ upādinnaṃ, ayaṃ vuccati, rāhula, ajjhattikā pathavīdhātu

ethics

  • cruel; fierce; pitiless; violent

Encyclopedia

Kakkhaḷa
Person

  • An epithet meaning the cruel one, given to Jeṭṭhatissa I after he had the ministers who had reluctantly joined his father’s funeral procession put to death and their bodies impaled around the funeral pyre.

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