[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.c12.801 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.801 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.801 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.801](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.801) Kapotakandara.—A grotto, probably near Rājagaha, where, later, a vihāra, called the Kapotakandara-vihāra, was built. The grotto was at one time the residence of a large number of pigeons (kapotā), hence the name.¹ On one occasion Sāriputta, having recently shaved his head, was seated there wrapt in samādhi, and a yakkha, passing overhead with his friend to an assembly of yakkhas, yielded, despite the warning of his friend, to the temptation to give a knock on the monk’s shining head. The yakkha immediately fell down and was swallowed up in the fires of hell. Sāriputta had but a slight headache after the blow, which was, it is said, heavy enough to crush an elephant.² - [Previous: v1.c12.800](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.800) - [Next: v1.c12.802](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.802) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.801](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.801) · Pramāṇa