Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1839
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1839
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3. Kāḷi.—Maidservant of Videhikā of Sāvatthi. Videhikā was reputed to be gentle and meek, but Kāḷi, who was a bright girl and a good worker, thought she would test her mistress. One day she rose late and, on being reproved, spoke very lightly of her fault. Finding that Videhikā lost her temper, Kāḷi repeated her offence several times, until one day her mistress struck her with a lynch-pin, drawing blood from her head. Kāḷi ran out and roused the neighbourhood with her shrieks. Videhikā’s reputation for meekness was no more. The story is related in the Kakacūpama Sutta.¹