[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.1714 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1714 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1714 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.1714](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1714) 2. Kāḷavela.—A servant of Dīghagāmaṇi. He refused to promise the brothers of Ummādacittā that he would kill her if she gave birth to a boy, and so he was killed by them and reborn as a yakkha.¹ Later he saved the life of this boy, Paṇḍukābhaya, who was being carried in a basket,² and when Paṇḍukābhaya came to the throne, he founded a settlement for Kāḷadeva to the east of Anurādhapura.³ It is said that on feast days the yakkha appeared in visible form in company with Paṇḍukābhaya.⁴ - [Previous: v1.c12.1713](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1713) - [Next: v1.c12.1715](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1715) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1714](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1714) · Pramāṇa