[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.c12.94 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.94 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.94 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.94) Kakkhaḷa.—A nickname given to Jeṭṭhatissa I. When certain of his ministers shewed reluctance to accompany his father’s funeral procession, he finally persuaded them; but when they were assembled he had the gates shut on them, put them to death, and had their bodies empaled on stakes round his father’s pyre. Hence his name.¹ - [Previous: v1.c12.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.93) - [Next: v1.c12.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.95) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.94) · Pramāṇa