Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.43
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.43
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give his personal name as Kakudha, or Kakuda. In the Praśnopaniṣad,⁸ mention is made of a Kakuda Kātyāna, a younger contemporary of Pippalāda. There he is called Kabandhin, which name, like Kakuda, means that he had a hump on his neck or shoulder. Buddhaghosa says⁹ that Pakudha was his personal name and Kaccāyana that of his gotta. The Kaccāyana (or Kātiyāna, as it is sometimes called) was a brahmin gotta.