Pāli Dictionary
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
PersonThe 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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