Pāli Dictionary

kappitaka

kapperootitasuffixkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kapp1be fit; be suitable


monastic

  • Kappitaka, name of a thera said to be the preceptor (upajjhāya) of the elder Upāli

Encyclopedia

Kappitaka
Person
  • The preceptor of Upāli who, disturbed by nuns lamenting over a shrine they had built near his cell, broke it apart and was warned in time by Upāli when the enraged nuns plotted to kill him.

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