Pāli Dictionary

khemaka1

khirootmasuffixkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

khi1live; abide peacefully

general

  • at peace; safe; secure

khemaka2

khemastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • Khemaka, name of an arahant thera

  • SN 22.89

    ekaṃ samayaṃ sambahulā therā bhikkhū kosambiyaṃ viharanti ghosit'ārāme. tena kho pana samayena āyasmā khemako badarik'ārāme viharati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.

general

  • Khemaka, name of a Sakyan king (of Kapilavatthu, father of Abhirūpanandā)

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Khemaka
Person

  • A Sakyan of Kapilavatthu and father of the nun Abhirūpa-Nandā.

Khemaka2
Person

  • An elder who, while gravely ill, explained to visiting monks how a subtle sense of ‘I’ can persist even after the lower fetters are abandoned, a teaching that led him and sixty others to Arahantship.

SN 22.89
Khemaka3
Person

  • A fowler, identified with Channa, who caught a golden swan from Cittakūṭa at the request of King Seyya, as told in the Mahāhaṃsa Jātaka.

Khemaka4
Other

  • A cross-reference to Khemavatī.

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