Kikī untranslated

Kikī. King of Benares at the time of Kassapa Buddha. When the Buddha arrived in Benares, the king, having listened to his sermon, entertained the Buddha and his monks at the palace. When the Buddha was asked to spend the rainy season there he refused, as he had already accepted the invitation of Ghaṭīkāra of Vehaliṅga. Kikī was at first hurt by the refusal, but when the Buddha described Ghaṭīkāra’s virtues, the king was pleased and sent five hundred cartloads of provisions to Ghaṭīkāra who, however, curtly refused the gift (DN.ii.7; MN.ii.49ff).

One of Kikī’s daughters was Uracchadā, who attained Arahant-ship at the age of sixteen. He had seven other daughters – Samaṇī, Samaṇā, Guttā, Bhikkhudāsikā, Dhammā, Sudhammā and Saṅghadāsī – who, in this Buddha­age became respectively Khemā, Uppalavaṇṇā, Paṭācārā, Gotamā, Dhammadinnā, Mahā Māyā and Visākhā. Ja.iv.481; in the Ap.ii.561f, the names are Samaṇī, Samaṇaguttā, Bhikkhunī, Bhikkhadāyikā, Dhammā, etc., and they are mentioned as having lived celibate lives; see also Sattamba; both the Apadāna and the Thīg­a.17, 103f, omit the name of Mahā Māyā from this list and have, instead, the name of Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā, identifying her with Bhikkhadāyikā. The Mvu.i.303f mentions another daughter Mālinī Kisā Gotamī.

He had also a son, Paṭhavindhara (Puthuvindhara), who succeeded him to the throne (Thag­a.i.151). During the life of Kassapa Buddha Kikī waited on him with many kinds of gifts (Snp-a.i.281, 283), and at his death built one of the four gates outside the Buddha’s cetiya. The gate was a league in width (Snp-a.i.194). According to the Aṅguttara Commentary (AN­a.i.420), Kikī was the aggupaṭṭhāka of Kassapa.

In the Sanskrit books he is called Kṛkī, and is mentioned as owning a palace called Kokanada (e.g., Mvu.i.325; Divy.22f; Avś.i.338, etc.).