[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) › v2.c27.43 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.43 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.43 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.43) 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. - [Previous: v2.c27.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.42) - [Next: v2.c27.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.44) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.43) · Pramāṇa