[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.c12.23 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.23 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.23 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.23) \*\*Kakuṭṭhā (Kakutthā, Kukuṭṭhā).\*\* A river near Kusinārā in which the Buddha bathed and from which he drank water before entering Kusinārā for his parinibbāna. On its bank was a mango-grove where the Buddha rested awhile on a robe spread for him by Cundaka; there he reassured Cunda, telling him that no blame attached to him for having provided the Buddha with the meal which was to be his last.¹ It is said² that when the Buddha bathed in the river, its banks and all the fishes it contained became golden. - [Previous: v1.c12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.22) - [Next: v1.c12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.24) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.23) · Pramāṇa