1. Kevatta (v.l. Kevaddha).-A householder of Nālandā. Once when the Buddha was staying in the Pāvārika-ambavana at Nālandā, Kevatta visited him. The interview is recorded in the Kevatta Sutta. (D.i.211ff).
Buddhaghosa (DA.i.388) speaks of him as a young householder, distinguished and wealthy, belonging to the gahapati-mahā-sala-kula, with forty crores of wealth. He was possessed of very great piety, and it was his extreme devotion to the Buddha which led him to make the request contained in the Kevatta Sutta.