Nahāpita [Sk. only snāpaka (see nahāpaka); new formation fr. Caus. nahāpeti as n. ag. with a -- theme instead of ar -- , cp. sallakatta for sallakattar] a barber, who has also the business of preparing & giving baths (cp. Ger. "bader") a bath -- attendant (see kappaka). Barbers ranked as a low class socially, and rebirth in a barber's family was considered unfortunate. Vin i.249 (˚pubba who had formerly been a barber); D i.225; J i.137; ii.5; iii.451; iv.138 (eight kahāpaṇas as a barber's fee); DA i.157 (=kappaka); VvA 207 (˚sālā a barber's shop).