Pāli Dictionary

kapisīsa

kapiprefixsīsastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • the lintel of a door; a doorpost or doorjamb (lit. ‘monkey-head’)

  • DN 16

    atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi, kahaṃ nu kho, bhikkhave, ānando'ti? eso, bhante, āyasmā ānando vihāraṃ pavisitvā kapisīsaṃ ālambitvā rodamāno ṭhito, ahañ'ca vat'amhi sekho sakaraṇīyo, satthu ca me parinibbānaṃ bhavissati, yo mama anukampako'ti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Kapisīsa
Person

  • A Tamil general subdued by Duṭṭhagāmaṇī at Kacchatittha after a four-month siege.

Kapisīsa2
Person

  • A minister of King Vaṭṭagāmaṇī who, having come down from sweeping the Ākāsa shrine at the Acchagalla monastery, failed to prostrate himself when the king and queen passed by on the steps, and was slain by the king for this offence.

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