Pāli Dictionary
kevaṭṭa1
general
漁夫
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
迦韋哆(《堅固經》中向佛陀提問的居士之名)
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折羅尼梵授王(Cūḷani-Brahmadatta)的祭司,在圍攻彌絺羅(Mithilā)期間足智多謀,卻屢屢被更年輕的智者摩訶薩達(Mahosadha)勝出,據傳即提婆達多的前生。
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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