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Kañcana Kaṭi
— rūpakasadisa — sarīra "having a body like a g. statue"), cp. fortunate, in phrase "ubhayattha k." lucky in both worlds, i.
d
J v.306, where velli is expl by kacchā, girdle. -sannibha e. here & beyond Th 1, 462; J iv.322 (=jayaggaha victori-
like g., golden — coloured (cp. k — vaṇṇa and Sk. kanaka — ous C.); cp. Morris in J.P.T.S. 1887, 159. Also in "ubhayam
varṇa Sp. Av. Ś. i.121, 135, etc.), in phrase °taca "with golden ettha k." S iv.351 sq. — Opposed to kali the unlucky die,
— coloured skin," Ep. of the Buddha and one of the 32 signs in phrase kaliṁ gaṇhāti to have bad luck J vi.206 (kalig-
of a great man (mahāpurisa — lakkhaṇa) D ii.17; iii.143, 159; gaha=parājayasaṁkhāta, i. e. one who is defeated, as opp.
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M ii.136; Miln 75; attr. of a devatā Vv 30 , 32 ; VvA 284; of to kaṭaggaha=jayasankhāta), 228, 282.
a bhikkhu Sn 551=Th 1, 821. -sūci a gold pin, a hair — pin
Kaṭaka (m. nt.) anything circular, a ring, a wheel (thus in kara°
of gold J vi.242.
Vin ii.122); a bracelet PvA 134.
Kañcanaka (adj.) golden J iv.379 (°daṇḍa).
Kaṭakañcukatā see kaṭu°.
Kañcuka [from kañc (kac) to bind, cp. Gr. κάκαλα fetter, Sk.
Kaṭakaṭāyati=taṭataṭāyati to crush, grind, creak, snap PugA. i.34;
kañcuka] 1. a closely fitting jacket, a bodice Vin i.306=ii.267;
VvA 121 (as v.l.); Vism 264. Cp. also karakarā.
A i.145; DhA iii.295 (paṭa°ṁ paṭimuncitvā dressed in a close
Kaṭacchu [cp. on etym. Morris in J.P.T.S. 1887, 163] a ladle, a
bodice); PvA 63 (urago tacaṁ kañcukaṁ omuñcanto viya). —
d
spoon; expl by uḷunka DhA iv.75, 123; by dabbi PvA 135.
2. the slough of a snake (cp. 1) DA i.222. — 3. armour, coat
Used for butter VvA 68, otherwise for cooked food in general,
of mail J v.128 (sannāha°); DA i.157 (of leather); Dāvs v.14.
esp. rice gruel. — Vin ii.216; J i.454; iii.277.
— 4. a case, covering, encasement; of one pagoda incasing
-gāha "holding on to one's spoon," i. e. disinclination to
another: Mhvs i.42.
give food, niggardliness, stinginess DhsA 376, cp. Dhs trsl.
Kañjaka N. of a class of Titans PvA 272 (kāḷa — k° — bhedā 2
300 n . -gāhika "spoon in hand," serving with ladles (in the
Asurā; should we read khañjaka? Cp. Hardy, Manual of Bud-
distribution of food at the Mahādāna) PvA 135. -parissāvana
dhism 59).
a perforated ladle Vin ii.118. -bhikkhā "ladle — begging,"
Kañjika (nt.) [Sk. kāñjika] sour rice — gruel J i.238 (udaka°); Vv i. e. the food given with a ladle to a bhikkhu when he calls at
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33 37 (amba°), 43 (=yāgu VvA 186); DhA i.78, 288; VvA 99 a house on his begging tour Th 1, 934; Miln 9; DhA iv.123;
n
(ācāma — k° — loṇudaka as expl of loṇa — sovīraka "salty as representing a small gift to one individual, opposed to the
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fluid, i. e. the scum of sour gruel"). Cp. next. Mahādanā Pv ii.9 ; as an individual meal contrasted with pub-
lic feeding (salāka — bhatta) DhA i.379. -matta (bhatta)
Kañjiya (nt.)=kañjika; J iii.145 (ambila°); vi.365 (°āpaṇa); DhA
"only a spoonful of rice" Miln 8; DhA iv.75.
ii.3; iv.164.
-teḷa a thick substance rising as a scum on rice — gruel, Kaṭacchuka (adj.) relating to spoons Vin ii.233.
used in straightening arrows DhA i.288.
Kaṭana (nt.) [from kaṭa, pp. of karoti] an evil deed A iv.172
Kaññā (f.) [from kanīna young, compar. kanīyah, superl. (v.l.=AA 744 kaṭanaṁ vuccati pāpakammaṁ).
kaniṣṭha; orig. "newly sprung" from *qen, cp. Gr. καινός, 1
Kaṭallaka [to kaṭa ] a puppet (pagliaccio), a marionette with some
Vedic kanyā, Lat. re — cen(t)s, Ags. hindema "novissimus." d
contrivance to make it dance J v.16 (dāru° expl by dārumaya
See also kaniṭṭha] a young (unmarried) woman, maiden, girl — yanta — rūpaka).
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Pv i.11 . — As emblem of beauty in simile khattiya — kaññā
Kaṭasī (f.) [prob. a contamination of kaṭa + sīva(thikā), char-
vā... pannarasa — vassuddesikā vā solasa — vassuddesikā
n
vā... M i.88; in comb khattiya — kaññā, brāhmaṇa — k°, nel — house, under influence of foll. va(ḍḍh°), cp. Sk. kaṭa
(?) a corpse] a cemetery; only in phrase kaṭasiṁ vaḍḍheti "to
etc. A ii.205; iv.128; Kisāgotamī nāma khattiya — k° J i.60;
increase the cemetery" referring to dying and being buried re-
deva° a celestial nymph J i.61.
d
peatedly in the course of numerous rebirths, expl by susāna
-dāna giving away of a girl in marriage Pgdp 85.
& āḷāhana ThA 291. — vaḍḍhenti kaṭasiṁ ghoraṁ ādiyanti
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Kaṭa [Sk. kaṭa from kṛṇatti: to do wicker — work, roll up, plait;
punabbhavaṁ Vin ii.296=A ii.54=Th 1, 456 (where ācinanti
*gert, cp. Gr. κάρταλος, Lat. cratis=E. crate, Goth. haurds,
(?) for ādiy°), 575; Th 2, 502. Also in cpds. °vaḍḍhana J
E. hurdle] a mat: see cpds. & kaṭallaka. 2
i.146; Ud 72=Nett 174; °vaḍḍhita S ii.178 sq.= Nd 664.
-sara a reed: Saccharum Sara, used as medicine DhsA
Kaṭākaṭa see kata i.3.
78. -sāra (DhA i.268) & sāraka a mat for sitting or lying on,
made of the stalks of the screw — pine, Pandanus Furcatus J Kaṭāha (m. nt.) [Sk. kaṭāha] a pot [in older texts only as — °].
vi.474; v.97; DA i.137; DhA ii.183 — 1. pot, vessel, vase, receptacle. udaka° Vin ii.122; ghaṭi°
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Kaṭa another form of kaṭi (hip), only used in cpds.: Vin ii.115; loha° Vin ii.170. ayo° (in simile "diva — santatte
ayokaṭāhe") M i.453=A iv.138; gūtha° Vin iv.265; tumba°
-aṭṭhika the hip — bone D ii.296=M i.58, 89=M iii.92
(a gourd used as receptacle for food) vin ii.114; alābu° DhsA
(as v.l.). Note. kaṭiṭṭhika at M iii.92 and as v.l. at D ii.296.
405. — Uncompounded only at Dpvs 92 (°ka); Mhvs 17, 47;
-sāṭaka a loin — cloth J iv.248.
18, 24. — 2. anything shaped like a pot, as the skull: sīsa° D
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Kaṭa =kata [pp. of karoti] in meaning of "original," good (cp.
ii.297= M i.58; Miln 197.
sat); as nt. "the lucky die" in phrase kaṭaggaha (see below).
n
Also in comb with su° & duk° for sukata & dukkata (e. g. Kaṭi [Sk. kaṭi, *(s)qṷel; orig. bending, curvature, cp. Gr. σκέλος
hip, Lat. scelus crooked deed, Ger. scheel squint] hip, waist
Vin ii.289; DhA iii.486; iv.150), and in meaning of "bad, evil"
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Vin iii.22, 112; Nd 659; J iv.32; Miln 418. In cpds. also kaṭa
in kaṭana. Cp. also kali.
(q. v.).
-ggaha "he who throws the lucky die," one who is lucky,
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