Pāli Dictionary

kakkhaḷa

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

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

general

  • 단단한; 거친; 딱딱한

  • 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

  • 잔인한; 사나운; 무자비한

  • cruel; fierce; pitiless; violent

Encyclopedia

Kakkhaḷa
Person

  • ‘잔인한 자’를 뜻하는 별칭으로, 젯타티사 1세에게 붙여졌다. 그가 아버지의 장례 행렬에 마지못해 참여한 대신들을 처형하고 그 시신을 화장대 주위에 꿰어 놓았기 때문이다.

  • 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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