adjective one who is fully accomplished, an Arahant; often with mahesi and uttamapurisa Defn sabbaguṇa-paripuṇṇa sabba-yoga-visaṃyutta Snp-a.153
■ ye suvimuttā te kevalino ye kevalino vaṭṭaṃ tesaṃ natthi paññâpanāya SN.iii.59 sq., i.e. “those who are thoroughly emancipated, these are the accomplished…”; kevalīnaṃ mahesiṃ khīṇ’ āsavaṃ Snp.82 = SN.i.167
■ k. vusitavā uttamapuriso Nd ii.on tiṇṇa = AN.v.16
■ with gen.: brahmacariyassa k. “perfected in morality” AN.ii.23
■ As epithet of “brāhmaṇa Snp.519 = Cnd. s.v.; of dhammacakka AN.ii.9; see also Snp.490, Snp.595
■ akevalin not accomplished, not perfected Snp.878, Snp.891.
fr. kevala