Pāli Dictionary
kakkhaḷa
general
硬い、粗い、耳障りな
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
残酷な、獰猛な、無慈悲な
cruel; fierce; pitiless; violent
Encyclopedia
Kakkhaḷa
Person「残酷な者」を意味する称号で、ジェッタティッサ1世に与えられた。父の葬送行列に渋々加わった大臣たちを処刑させ、その遺体を火葬台の周りに串刺しにしたことによる。
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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