(~ā & ~ī)n. & masculine pitiable, pitiful; wretched; poor, mean; a poor man, a wretch.

adjective noun

1. poor, miserable, wretched; a beggar; freq explained by varāka, duggata, dīna and daḷidda; very often classed with low-caste people, as caṇḍālā Pv.iii.1#13 & pesakārā (Ud.4). Snp.81 …

First cousin of the Buddha and one of his most eminent disciples. He was the son of the Sākyan Amitodana and brother of Mahānāma. When members of other Sākyan families had joined the Order of their di …

KimbilaKimilaKimmila

A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu. He was converted with Bhaddiya and four other Sākyan nobles at Anupiya. Vin.ii.182 Kimbila seems to have maintained throughout his early friendship wit …

Kosala¹

A country inhabited by the Kosalans, to the north-west of Māgadha and next to Kāsī. It is mentioned second in the list of sixteen Great Nations.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 In the Buddha’s …

KuṇḍadhānaKoṇḍadhānaKoṇṭhadhānaKuḍḍadhāna

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of cutting off or developing five things. Thag.15 He was proclaimed the first among those who received food tickets. AN. …

A village in Kosala, where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Naḷakapāna Sutta. MN.i.462 There were two groves near the village, the Ketakavana and the Palāsavana; in the latter, Sāriputta preach …

A wood near Naḷakapāna in Kosala. The Buddha stayed there, AN.v.122 and it was there that the Naḷakapāna Sutta was preached. MN.i.462

near Naḷakapāna in Kosala3park

Revata¹Khadiravaniya

An eminent disciple of the Buddha, declared by him foremost among forest dwellers. AN.i.24

His Theragāthā verses appear under two names. As Khadiravaniya he admonishe …

pot-seller’s stall, a shop or stall for pots.

…Often comb^d. with kapaṇa beggar, tramp, as kapaṇaddhikā (pl.) tramps and travellers (in which connection also as ˚iddhika, q.v.),…

…Pv.ii.8#2 (= adānajjhāsaya Pv-a.107), Pv.iv.8#1; Mil.406; Pv-a.120 (= kapaṇa), Pv-a.260 (id.), Pv-a.153 Sdhp.188, Sdhp.324.

Sk. dīna

excrements, faeces, dung. As food for Petas frequently mentioned in Pv; (cp. Stede, Peta Vatthu 24 sq.), as a decoction of dung also used for medicinal purposes (Vin.i.206 e.g.). Often combination w …

…tramps & wayfarers (see kapaṇa), e.g. at Ja.i.6; Ja.iv.15; Pv-a.78.

Iddhika²

adjective (-˚) possessed of…

(mentally) miserable woman Thig.219; Thag-a.178; cp. kapaṇā; also as kapaṇiyā Ja.vi.93.

enlightening, clearing up, instruction Vb.352 (in def. of lapanā, variant reading ˚kāpanā). Note Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. compares Vism p.115 & Sk. uddīpana in same sense. Def. at Vism.27 (= udd …

adjective wretched, miserable SN.i.231; Ja.iv.285; Vism.315; Vv-a.101; Pv-a.120 (syn for kapaṇa), Pv-a.175 (id.).

cp. Epic Sk. varāka