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Definition[1]

Kitava

King of Benares.

His son became known in this Buddha-age as Kundinagariya Thera (PvA.177f; 263f).

From the Petavatthu (iv.7) Kitava would appear to be the king, not of Benares but of Rājagaha (Giribbaja).
 

Source
Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from
Definition[2]

kitava : [m.] a cheat.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
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