Pāli Dictionary

kevaṭṭa1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

macchika, macchabandha

general

  • मछुआरा

  • 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

  • केवट्ट, एक गृहस्थ का नाम (केवट्ट सुत्त में प्रश्न पूछने वाला)

  • 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

  • राजा चूळनि-ब्रह्मदत्त का पुरोहित, मिथिला की घेराबंदी के दौरान एक चतुर रणनीतिकार, जिसे युवा विद्वान महोसध ने बार-बार मात दी, और जिसे देवदत्त का पूर्वजन्म बताया गया है।

  • 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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