Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.278

v1.c12.278

Katamorakatissa (Kaṭamorakatissaka).—One of the monks whom Devadatta incited to join him in stirring up discord among the Saṅgha, the others being Kokālika, Khaṇḍadeviputta and Samuddadatta.¹ Kaṭamorakatissa was held in high esteem by Thullānandā, for we are told that one day, on arriving at a house where she was a constant visitor, and on being told that several of the Buddha’s eminent disciples, such as Sāriputta, Moggallāna, Mahā Kaccāna, had also been invited, as they happened to be at Veḷuvana near by, she expressed great disappointment that these had been invited, when such most eminent disciples (mahānāgā) as Devadatta, Kaṭamorakatissa, etc., were available.²