Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.96

v1.c12.96

Kaṅkhā-Revata Thera.—He belonged to a very wealthy family in Sāvatthi. One day, after his midday meal, he went with others to hear the Buddha preach and, accepting the word of the Buddha, he entered the Order.¹ He attained arahantship by way of practising jhāna, and so proficient in jhāna did he become that the Buddha declared him chief of the monks who practised it.² Before he became an arahant he was greatly troubled in mind as to what was permissible for him to use and what was not (akappiyā muggā, na kappanti muggā paribhuñjitum, etc.). This characteristic of his became well known, hence his name.³