barber, hairdresser; a valet, a personal attendant.

barber, hairdresser, also attendant to the king; his other function (of preparing baths) is expressed in the term nahāpaka (Pv.ii.9#37) or nahāpita (˚ā?) (DN-a.i.157) Vin. DN-a.i.344; DN-a.ii.182; …

A township of the Kosalans near the Aciravatī; it was visited by the Buddha during a tour in Kosala. There he preached the Udāna Sutta in answer to a question by Ānanda, as to how the Buddha knew of t …

…the same answers, are elsewhere attributed to Rāhula. SN.ii.253f.

Kappa³Kappaka

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.i.144…

NigrodhakappaKappa

He was the preceptor (upajjhāya) of Vaṅgīsa, and together they lived in Aggālava cetiya, SN.i.185 where Kappa died. When…

(what is) not made allowable; not marked

(what is) made proper, made allowable; marked with the kappabiṇḍu.

(what is) proper and not proper; allowable and not allowable

…combination ˚ṃ kappeti to find or get one’s living: Ja.ii.209; Pv-a.40, etc.; ˚kappaka finding one’s livelihood (c. ger by) Ja.ii.167….

adjective noun anything made with a definite object in view, prepared, arranged; or that which is fit, suitable, proper. See also DN-a.i.103 & Kp-a.115 for var. meanings.

I. Literal Meaning # …

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euphonic consonant inserted between two vowels to avoid hiatus, as agga-m-agga the best of all Vin.iv.232 aṅga-m-aṅgāni limb by limb Vin.iii.119; Vv.38#2, etc See also SN.iii.254 (yena\ …

…should it be…

barber, bath attendant DN.i.74; AN.iii.25; DN-a.i.157 (= ye nahāpenti); Pv-a.127 (= kappaka).

Sk. snāpaka, fr. Caus, nahāpeti; cp. nahāpita

…‣See kappaka. Barbers ranked as a low class socially, and rebirth in a barber’s family was considered unfortunate….

…Ja.ii.186 (rañño sīsa ˚kappaka king’s headdress-maker i.e. barber); Ja.iii.437; Ja.iv.3 (ura-cchada˚); Dhp-a.i.227 (˚peḷikā),…