CūḷakaCūlaka

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his delight in the beautiful peacocks and good earth, and how happily he meditates….

adjective having a cūḷa or top-knot; pañca˚; with five top-knots Ja.v.250 (of a boy).

fr. cūḷā

One of the republican clans in the time of the Buddha. The Koḷiyā owned two chief settlements—one at Rāmagāma and the other at Devadaha.

Attached probably to the Koliyan central authorities, was a sp …

…headman Vin.ii.296 (Maṇicūḷaka). Title of the G. Saṃyutta (Book VIII. of the Saḷāyatana-Vagga) SN.iv.305 sq.; & of the Gāmaṇī…

(adj.) (-˚) hanging down, drooping, pendulous SN.iv.341, SN.iv.342 (˚cūḷakā bhaṭa hirelings with large or drooping top-knots); Ja.ii.185 (˚tthana with hanging breasts); Ja.iii.265 (˚cūla-vihangam …

…Vin.iv.281; Ja.ii.114.

• -cūḷaka with 5 topknots Ja.v.250 (of a boy).
• -nakha with 5 claws, Name of…

…SS kipillaka; gloss K pitucūḷaka, BB cūḷakaniṭṭha); Sdhp.164, Sdhp.165
■ As pillika at Ja.i.487 (godha˚, variant reading BB…