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Kanikāra Kaṇḍu
l. ṇṇ). (visukkha — k — ṭṭha — jivhā). — 2. neck Vin i.15; Dh 307
d
-makula a k. bud J ii.83. (kāsāva°); Vv 64 17 (expi at VvA 280 by gīvūpagasīsūpagādi
— ābharaṇāni). Esp. in loc. kaṇṭhe round the neck, with ref.
Kaṇerika (nt.) a helmet (?) J vi.397.
to var. things tied round, e. g. kuṇapaṁ k. āsattaṁ A iv.377;
Kaṇeru (m. f.) [Derivation uncertain, just possibly connected
kuṇapaṁ k. baddhaṁ J i.5; k. mālā J i.166, 192; k. bandhanti
with kara, trunk. Sanskrit has kareṇu, but the medieval vo-
vaḍḍhanaṁ J iii.226; with the wreath of karavīra flowers (q.
cabularies give also kaṇeru] a young elephant J ii.342; iv.49;
v.) on a criminal ready for execution: rattavaṇṇa — virala —
v.39, 50, 416; vi.497; DhA i.196 (v. l.) kareṇukā) — f. °kā
mālāya bandhakaṇṭha PvA 4 (cp. AvŚ i.102; ii.182; karavīra
M i.178. — See also kareṇu.
— mālābaddha [sakta ii.182] — kaṇṭheguṇa).
Kaṇṭa (cp. next) a thorn Miln 351. -kūpa the cavity of the throat Mhbv 137. -ja produced
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Kaṇṭaka [From kantati to cut. Brh. kaṇṭaka. Spelt also in the throat, i. e. guttural Sāsv 150. -suttaka an ornamental
string or string of beads worn round the neck Vin ii.106.
kaṇṭhaka] 1. a thorn Sn 845; Vin i.188; J v.102; vi.105 (in
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description of the Vetaraṇī); cp. kusa°. — 2. any instrument Kaṇṭhaka thorn, see kaṇṭaka.
with a sharp point Sdhp 201. — 3. a bone, fish — bone J 2
Kaṇṭhaka N. of Gotama's horse, on which he left his father's
i.222; in piṭṭhi° a bone of the spine D ii.297≈ (see kaṭaṭṭhi);
palace Mhbv 25; spelt kanthaka at J i.54, 62 sq.
M i.80=245; Vism 271; Sdhp 102. — 4. (fig.) an obstacle,
Kaṇḍa (m. nt.) [perhaps as *kaldno fr. *kalad to break, cp. Gr.
hindrance, nuisance ("thorn in my side"); Kvu 572; enemy,
κλαδαρός, Lat. clades, etc., Sk. kāṇḍa. See also khagga and
infestor; a dacoit, thief, robber D i.135 (sa° and a°, of the coun-
khaṇḍa] 1. the portion of a stalk or cane between one knot
try as infested with dacoits or free from them, cp. DA i.296);
and another; the whole stalk or shaft; the shaft of an arrow,
J i.186 (paṭikaṇṭaka, enemy); v.450; Th 1, 946; DhA i.177
an arrow in general M i.429 (two kinds of arrows: kaccha &
(akkhimhi); VvA 301. — 5. (fig.) anything sharp, thorny,
ropima, cp. kaṇḍa — cittaka); J i.150; ii.91; iii.273; v.39; Miln
causing pain: of kāmā (passions) S iv.189, 195, 198; Ud 24;
44, 73; Mhvs 25, 89. As arrow also in the "Tell" story of Cul-
Kvu 202; cp. sa°. — Thus grouped, like saṁyojanāni, into
ladhanuggaha at J iii.220 & DhA iv.66. — 2. a section, por-
10 obstacles to perfection (dasa k.) A v.134; as "bringing
tion or paragraph of a book DA i.12; Pgdp 161. — 3. a small
much trouble" J iv.117. Often in standing phrase khāṇu —
portion, a bit or lump DhA i.134 (pūva°); Mhvs 17, 35. — 4.
kaṇṭaka stumbling and obstruction A i.35; SnA 334. As abstr.
kaṇḍaṁ (adv.) a portion of time, for a while, a little Pgdp 36.
kaṇṭakattaṁ hindrance at Vism 269 (sadda°). — akaṇṭaka
— See also khaṇḍa, with which it is often confounded. Der.
1. free from thorns J ii.118; v.260. — 2. (fig.) free from 13
upa — kaṇḍakin (adj.) (thin) like a stalk or arrow Pv. ii.1
thieves, quiet, peaceful D i.135; also not difficult, easy, happy,
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bringing blessings (of the right path) A v.135; Vv 18 ; VvA (of a Petī).
-gamana the going of an arrow, i. e. the distance cov-
96. — sakaṇṭaka 1. having bones (of food) J iv.192, 193. —
ered by an arrow in flight, a bow — shot J ii.334; cp. kaṇḍu.
2. (fig.) beset with thieves, dangerous D i.135; thorny, i. e.
-cittaka (Sk. kāṇḍa — citraka) an excellent arrow A ii.202.
painful, miserable (of duggati and kāmā) S iv.195; Th 2, 352;
-nāḷī a quiver J iii.220. -pahāra an arrow — shot, arrow —
J v.260. — Cp. also kaṇḍaka and nikkaṇṭaka.
wound Miln 16 (ekena k — paharena dve mahākāyā padālitā
-âpacita covered with thorns J vi.249 (cp. °ācita);
"two birds killed with one stone"), 73. -vāraṇa (adj.) ward-
-âpassaya (=kaṇṭak' apāśraya) a bed made of an outstretched
skin, under which are placed thorns or iron spikes; to lie or ing off arrows, appl. to a shield J vi.592 (nt.); a shield J iv.366.
stand on such is a practice of certain naked ascetics D i.167=M Kaṇḍaka=kaṇṭaka Vin ii.318 (Bdhgh.); A iii.383; Bu xiii.29. —
i.78≈. -âpassayika (adj. to prec.) "bed — of — thorns — akaṇḍaka free from thieves, safe, secure PvA 161.
man" D i.167≈. At J i.493 the reading is k — āpassaya, at iii.74
Kaṇḍarā (f.) sinew, tendon Vin i.91, 322 (in cpd. kaṇ-ḍara —
k — apassaya; at iii.235 the reading is kaṇṭhaka — seyyaṁ
cchinna one whose tendons (of the feet) have been cut); Kvu
kappetha (should it be k — āpassaye seyyaṁ k°?); D i.167
23, 31; Vism 253, 254 (where KhA 49 reads miñja).
reads kaṇṭhakā — passayika. -ācita covered with thorns J
Kaṇḍita at J i.155 is misprint; read: kaṇḍam assa atthī ti kaṇḍī
v.167. -ādhāna a thorny brake, a thorny hedge M i.10 (k
taṁ kaṇḍinaṁ.
— dhāna; for dhāna=ṭhāna see dhāna & cp. rāja — dhānī); A
i.35; Miln 220. -kasā a thorny whip used for punishment and Kaṇḍin (adj.) having a shaft inserted, appl. to the head of an
torture J iii.41. -gahana a thorny thicket or jungle S ii.228. arrow (salla) J i.155; (m.) an archer ibid.
-gumba a th. bush J i.208. -latā a th. creeper, the Capparis 1
Kaṇḍu (f.) [perhaps from *kanad to bite, scratch; cp. Sk. kan-
Zeilanica J v.175. -vaṭṭa a thorny brake or hedge M i.448.
dara, Gr. κναδάλλω to bite, κνώδων, κνώδαλον, etc., Sk.
Kaṇṭaki (f.) in cpd. °vāṭa a thorny fence (cactus hedge?) Vin kaṇḍu m. & f.] the itch, itching, itchy feeling, desire to scratch
ii.154. Vin i.202, 296; J. v.198; Vism 345. kaṇḍuṁ karoti to make or
cause to itch J v.198; vineti to allay the itch, to scratch J v.199.
Kaṇṭha [*qṷent from *qṷelt, primarily neck, cp. Lat. collus "the
— (fig.) worldly attachment, irritation caused by the lusts, in
turner." Syn. with k. is gīvā, primarily throat, Brh. kaṇṭha] 1.
"kaṇḍuṁ saṁhanti" (as result of jhāna) A iv. 437.
throat A iv.131; J v.448; Miln 152 (kaṇṭho ākurati, is hoarse);
-uppala a kind of lotus — blossom Dāvs iv.48; -
PvA 280 (akkharāni mahatā kaṇṭhena uccaritāni). The throat
paṭicchādi an "itch — cloth," i. e. a covering allowed to the
of Petas is narrow and parched with thirst: PvA 99 (k — oṭṭha
bhikkhus when suffering from itch or other cutaneous disease
— tālūnaṁ tassita), 180 (sūci° like a needle's eye, cp. sūcic-
Vin i.296, 297; iv.171, 172. -rogin (adj.) suffering from the
chidda. v. l. sūcikaṭṭha "whose bones are like needles"), 260
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