Pāli Dictionary

kevaṭṭa1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

macchika, macchabandha

general

  • un pêcheur

  • 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, le nom d’un laïc (celui qui interroge le Bouddha dans le Kevaṭṭa Sutta)

  • 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
Person

  • Le chapelain du roi Cūḷani-Brahmadatta, stratège habile lors du siège de Mithilā, déjoué à plusieurs reprises par le jeune sage Mahosadha, identifié comme une existence antérieure de Devadatta.

  • The 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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