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Kavilabadua
Marii, son of Bharaha(1). Asurī was his disciple whom he preached Satthitamta which contained exposition of twenty-four entities.1 1. Ava u. 1. pp. 228-9, NisCu. III. p. 195, Vis. 1753, AcaCu. p. 193, DasCu. p. 17,
AvaN. 438, BhaA. D. 50, SutSi. p. 9, KalpDh. p. 37, PrasA. p. 34. NanH. p. 7,
Utts. p. 14, Kalps. p. 38. 4. Kavila Son of Kåsava(4) and Jasă(1) of Kosambi. Kāsava was a royal priest of King Jiyasatta(25). When he died his place was given to another man. Jasā then sent Kavila to Savatthi to study under Imdadatta(4), a friend of Kāsava. Lodging and boarding arrangement for him was made at the house of Sălibhadda(2), a rich merchant. Kavila, however, fell in love with the girl-servant who was appointed to serve him. Once, the girl told him that she could not participate in the festival observed by her community as she had no money to purchase the required material. She, therefore, asked him to go to Dhana, a merchant who used to give two guineas to the man who saluated him first in the morning. Accordingly Kavila left the merchant's house at night but was seized by the police and brought before the king and to him he disclosed the whole truth, The king was so pleased with him that he promised to give him whatever he should ask. Kavila went to the nearby garden and started considering what he should ask The more he thought about it, the more he raised the sum of money. This caused a change in his mind. Consequently, he renounced the world, practised austerities and acquired omniscience. Once he was made prisoner by some robbers and brought before their leader, Balabhadda(5) who ordered him to dance. On his objecting that there was none to play up, they all clapped their hands to beat the time. He then sang some verses. They proved so effective that all of them accepted asceticism. These verses form the eighth chapter of Uttarajjhayaņa.
1. Uttu. pp. 168–170. UttK. p. 168, NanH. p. 26. 2. UttCu. pp, 7, 168-177.
5. Kavila Disciple of preceptor Sutthiya(1). He raped the daughter of the house-owner where he was staying. Enraged by this sinful act the houseowner severed his penis with an axe.1
1. NisCu. III, pp. 243-4, BrhBh. 5154.
6. Kavila Father of Kappaka of Pādaliputta..
1. AvaCu. II. p. 181.
7. Kavila (Kāpila) A class of mendicants.?
1. Aup. 38, AupA. p. 92.
Kavilabaqua (Kapilabatuka) Pupil of a Brāhmana of Rãyagiha. He was a lion in his previous birth and was killed by Tivittha(1), a preceding birth of
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