Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.134

v1.c12.134

Kaccāni Jātaka (No. 417).—A young man devoted himself, after his father's death, entirely to his mother, till the latter, much against his will, brought him a wife. The wife plotted to estrange mother and son, and the old woman had to leave the house. The wife, having given birth to a son, went about saying that if the mother-in-law had been with her such a blessing would have been impossible. When the old woman heard of this, she felt that such things could only be said because Right (*Dhamma*) was dead and, going into the cemetery, she started to perform a sacrifice in memory of the dead Right. Sakka's throne becoming heated, he came down and, hearing her story, reconciled the old woman with her son and daughter-in-law by means of his great power. In the stanza spoken by Sakka, the old woman is addressed as Kaccāni and Kātiyāni. The scholiast explains that she belonged to the Kaccānagotta.