<b> <c c="#a00149">Kālāma</c> </b> (1) <br>The name of a family. Mention is made of a town belonging to them in Kosala, which was called Kesaputta. The sermon preached by the Buddha on his visit to Kesaputta is justly famous. <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.i.188ff.</c> Among members of this family specially mentioned by name are Bharaṇḍu-Kālāma, who was once a co-disciple of the Bodhisatta, and Āḷāra-Kālāma, the teacher of Gotama before his Enlightenment.<br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc) family names of the Buddha's first teacher; Āḷāra Kālāma