[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.c13.165 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c13.165 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c13.165 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c13.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c13.165) Khara.—A yakkha, friend of Suciloma. He was passing through Gayā with Suciloma when the latter questioned the Buddha on his doctrine, as recorded in the Suciloma Sutta.¹ Khara had been a monk in a previous birth, and had once rubbed on his body oil belonging to the Saṅgha without asking the permission of the monks. As a result his body was ugly, and his skin coarse and rough and like a “tiled roof.” Whenever he wished to frighten anybody his skin would stand up like tiles on a roof. At the end of the recitation of the Suciloma Sutta, Khara became a sotāpanna, and his skin became beautiful and golden-hued.² - [Previous: v1.c13.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c13.164) - [Next: v1.c13.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c13.166) - [Up: v1.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c13.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c13.165) · Pramāṇa