Pāli Dictionary
kevaṭṭa1
general
a fisherman
AN 5.30
tena kho pana samayena āyasmā nāgito bhagavato upaṭṭhāko hoti. atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ nāgitaṃ āmantesi, ke pana kho, nāgita, uccāsaddamahāsaddā, kevaṭṭā maññe macchavilope'ti?
kevaṭṭa2
Part of speech
noun · masculine
doctrine
Kevaṭṭa, the name of a layman (the questioner in the Kevaṭṭa Sutta)
DN 11
ekam'antaṃ nisinno kho kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, ayaṃ, bhante, nāḷandā iddhā c'eva phītā ca bahujanā ākiṇṇamanussā bhagavati abhippasannā.
Encyclopedia
Kevaṭṭa
PersonThe chaplain of King Cūḷani-Brahmadatta, a clever strategist during the siege of Mithilā who was repeatedly outmaneuvered by the younger sage Mahosadha, and who is identified as a past life of Devadatta.
DN 11
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