Pāli Dictionary

korakkhattiya

korastemkhattiyastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Korakkhattiya, name of a naked ascetic (nigaṇṭha) mentioned in the suttas

  • DN 24

    tena kho pana samayena acelo korakkhattiyo kukkuravatiko catukkuṇḍiko chamānikiṇṇaṃ bhakkhasaṃ mukhen'eva khādati, mukhen'eva bhuñjati.

Encyclopedia

Korakkhattiya
Person

  • A naked ascetic in Uttarakā who behaved like a dog, whose death by epilepsy within seven days the Buddha correctly foretold to the admiring Sunakkhatta.

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