Pāli Dictionary
kevaṭṭa1
general
漁師
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
ケーヴァッタ（『ケーヴァッタ経』で仏に質問した在家者の名）
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ミティラー攻囲戦での狡猾な戦略家であったが、若き賢者マホーサダに繰り返し出し抜かれた、デーヴァダッタの前世とされるチューラニ・ブラフマダッタ王の祭司。
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.
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