Pāli Dictionary
kakkhaḷa
general
堅硬的；粗糙的；刺耳的
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
殘酷的；兇狠的；無情的
cruel; fierce; pitiless; violent
Encyclopedia
Kakkhaḷa
Person意為「殘酷者」的綽號，加於耶吒帝須一世；因他將不情願隨父王送葬的大臣處死，並將其屍體釘在父王火葬堆四周的木樁上，故得此名。
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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