Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
kapp1be fit; be suitable
Synonyms
cosmology
aeon; world-cycle; the lifespan of a world-system
DN 16
kappaṃ vā tiṭṭheyya kappāvasesaṃ vā
general
(as adjective) fitting; suitable; (in compounds) resembling; like
Snp 1.1
yassa vanathajā na santi keci, vinibandhāya bhavāya hetukappā, so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ, urago jiṇṇam'iva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.
MN 24
satthukappena vata kira, bho, sāvakena saddhiṃ mantayamānā na jānimha, āyasmā sāriputto'ti.
monastic
(Vinaya) allowable practice; what is permissible
kappa2
doctrine
mental fabrication; conceptual construction; speculation
Snp 4.10
vītagedho amaccharī, na ussesu vadate muni, na samesu na omesu, kappaṃ n'eti akappiyo.
Snp 3.6
kappāni viceyya kevalāni, saṃsāraṃ dubhayaṃ cut'ūpapātaṃ, vigatarajam'anaṅgaṇaṃ visuddhaṃ, pattaṃ jātikhayaṃ tam'āhu buddhan'ti.
Part of speech
verb
general
is suitable; is proper; is fitting; is allowable
SN 42.10
kappati samaṇānaṃ sakyaputtiyānaṃ jātarūparajataṃ, sādiyanti samaṇā sakyaputtiyā jātarūparajataṃ, paṭiggaṇhanti samaṇā sakyaputtiyā jātarūparajatan'ti!
Encyclopedia
5 entries
Kappa
PersonOne of Bāvarī’s disciples whose question to the Buddha about refuge from the flood of becoming is recorded in the Kappa-māṇava Pucchā, and who became an Arahant.
Kappa2
PersonAn Arahant, son of a provincial governor of Magadha given to self-indulgence, whom the Buddha admonished on the foulness of the body until he attained Arahantship at the very moment his head was being shaved.
Kappa3
PersonA monk, probably identical with Kappa Thera (2), who in two suttas asks the Buddha how to be free of thoughts of “I” and “mine” regarding the body, questions elsewhere attributed to Rāhula.
Kappa4
PersonA young brahmin who was the Bodhisatta and who became a sage, the disciple and friend of Kesava, a story told in the Kesava Jātaka and also referenced in the Baka Jātaka.
Kappa5
OtherA cross-reference entry pointing to the entry Nigrodha-Kappa.
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