[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.c12.1751 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1751 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1751 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.1751](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1751) 2. Kāḷāma.—The name, probably, of a gotta or family. Mention is made of a nigama belonging to them in Kosala, which was called Kesa-putta. The sermon preached by the Buddha on his visit to Kesaputta is justly famous.¹ The Kāḷāmas were Khattiyas.² Among members of this family specially mentioned by name are Bharaṇḍu-Kāḷāma, who was once a co-disciple of the Bodhisatta, and Āḷāra-Kāḷāma, the teacher of Gotama before his Enlightenment.³ - [Previous: v1.c12.1750](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1750) - [Next: v1.c12.1752](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1752) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1751](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1751) · Pramāṇa