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Kambala Kamma

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203); enum as one of the 6 kinds of cīvaras, together w. karoti) either building (cp. Lit. kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or
koseyya & kappāsika at Vin i.58=96, also at A iv.394 (s. weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā° "the intertwin-
°sukhuma); freq. preceded by ratta (e. g. DA i.40. Cp. ing of garlands and creepers"; also in kamma — kara possibly
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also ambara and ambala), which shows that it was commonly orig. employed in weaving, i. e. serving); cp. Lat. texo,
dyed red; also as paṇḍu Sn 689; Bdhd 1. — Some woollen to weave=Sk. takṣan builder, artisan, & Ger. wirken, orig.
garments (aḍḍhakāsika) were not allowed for Bhikkhus: Vin weben. Grammatically karman has in Pāli almost altogether
i.281; ii.174; see further J i.43, 178, 322; iv.138; Miln 17, 88, passed into the — a decl., the cons. forms for instr. & abl.
105; DhA i.226; ii.89 sq. 2. a garment: two kinds of hair— kammā and kammanā gen. dat. kammuno, are rare. The nom.
(blankets, i. e.) garments viz. kesa° and vāla° mentioned Vin pl. is both kammā and kammāni.
i.305=D i.167=A i.240, 295. — 3. woollen thread Vin i.190 I. Crude meaning. 1. (lit.) Acting in a special sense, i. e.
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(expl by uṇṇā) (cp. Vin. Texts ii.23); J vi.340; — 4. a tribe of office, occupation, doing, action, profession. Two kinds are
Nāgas J vi.165. given at Vin iv.6, viz. low (hīna) & high (ukkaṭṭha) profes-
-kañcuka a (red) woollen covering thrown over a temple, sions. To the former belong the kammāni of a koṭṭhaka and a
as an ornament Mhvs 34, 74; -kūṭâgāra a bamboo structure pupphacchaḍḍaka, to the latter belong vāṇijjā and gorakkhā.
covered with (red) woollen cloth, used as funeral pile DhA — Kamma as a profession or business is regarded as a hin-
i.69; -pādukā woollen slippers Vin i.190; -puñja a heap of drance to the religious life, & is counted among the ten ob-
blankets J i.149; -maddana dyeing the rug Vin i.254 (cp. Vin. stacles (see palibodha). In this sense it is at Vism 94 expl d
Texts ii.154); -ratana a precious rug of wool J iv.138; Miln by navakamma (see below 2a). — kassa° ploughing, occu-
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woollen fabric, i. e. red J v.359 (°maṁsa); -silāsana (paṇḍu°) of a potter J vi.372; tunna° weaving Vism 122; PvA 161.
a stone — seat, covered with a white k. blanket, forming the purohita° office of a high — priest (=abstr. n. porohiccaṁ)
throne of Sakka DhA i.17; -sukhuma fine, delicate woollen SnA 466; vāṇija° trade Sāsv. 40. — kammanā by profes-
stuff D ii.188=A iv.394; Miln 105; -sutta a woollen thread J sion Sn 650, 651; kammāni (pl.) occupations Sn 263=Kh
vi.340. v.6 (anavajjāni k.=anākulā kammantā Sn 262). paresaṁ k°ṁ
katvā doing other people's work=being a servant VvA 299; sa°
Kambalin (adj.) [fr. kambala] having a woollen garment D i.55;
pasutā bent upon their own occupations D i.135, cp. attano k°
ii.150.
— kubbānaṁ Dh 217. kamma — karaṇa — sālā work — room
Kambalīya (nt.) [fr. kambala] (a sort of) woollen garment Pv (here: weaving shed) PvA 120.
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ii.1 (cp. PvA 77).
2. Acting in general, action, deed, doing (nearly always —
Kambu [cp. Sk. kambu, Halāyudha=śankha; Dhtp. saṁvaraṇe] °) (a) (active) act, deed, job, often to be rendered by the spe-
1. a conch, a shell: saṇha — kambu — r — iva... sobhate cial verb befitting the special action, like cīvara° mending the
su gīvā Th 2, 262 (for kampurī'va); s. cpds. — 2. a ring cloak VvA 250; uposatha° observing the Sabbath Vbh 422;
or bracelet (made of shells or perhaps gold: see Kern. Toev. nava° making new, renovating, repairing, patching Vin ii.119,
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s. v.) J iv.18, 466 (+kāyūra); Pv ii.12 , iii.9 (=PvA 157, 159 (°karoti to make repairs); J i.92: Vism 94, adj. navakam-
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sankhavalaya) Vv 36 (=VvA 167 hatth'âlankāra), worn on mika one occupied with repairs Vin ii.15; S i.179; patthita°
the wrist, while the kāyūra is worn on the upper part of the the desired action (i. e. sexual intercourse) DhA ii.49; kam-
arm (bhujâlankāra ibid.); — 3. a golden ring, given as second maṁ karoti to be active or in working, to act: nāgo pādehi k.k.
meaning at VvA 167, so also expl. at J iv.18, 130; J v.400. the elephant works with his feet M i.414; kata° the job done
-gīva (adj.) having a neck shaped like a shell, i. e. in spi- by the thieves DhA ii.38 (corehi), as adj. kata° cora (& akata
rals, having lines or folds, considered as lucky J iv.130 (=su- °cora) a thief who has finished his deed (& one who has not)
vaṇṇālingasadisagīvo), cp. above 1; -tala the base or lower Vism 180, also in special sense: occasion for action or work, i.
part of a shell, viz. the spiral part, fig. the lines of the neck J e. necessity, purpose: ukkāya kammaṁ n'atthi, the torch does
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v.155 (°ābhāsā gīvā, expl on p. 156 as suvaṇṇālingatala — not work, is no good Vism 428. (b) (passive) the act of being
sannibhā); also the (polished) surface of a shell, used as sim- done (—°), anything done (in its result), work, often as collect.
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ile for smoothness J v.204, 207; -pariharaka a wristlet or abstr. (to be trsl . by E. ending — ing): apaccakkha° not be-
bracelet VvA 167. ing aware, deception Vbh 85; daḷhī° strengthening, increase
Vbh 357, Vism 122; citta° variegated work, mālā° garlands,
Kambussa [fr. preceding] gold or golden ornament (bracelet) J
latā° creeper ( — work) Vism 108; nāma° naming Bdhd 83;
v.260, 261 (: kambussaṁ vuccati suvaṇṇaṁ).
pañhā° questioning, "questionnaire" Vism 6. — So in defi-
Kambojaka (adj.) coming fr. Kamboja J iv.464 (assatara).
nitions niṭṭhuriya°=niṭṭhuriya Vbh 357; nimitta°= nimitta, ob-
Kambojā (f.) N of a country J v.446 (°ka raṭṭha); Pv ii.91 (etc.); hāsa°=obhāsa (apparition > appearing) Vbh 353. — (c) (in-
Vism 332, 334, 336. trs.) making, getting, act, process (—°). Often trsl. as ab-
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Kamboji (m., nt.) [meaning & etym. unexpl ] the plant Cassia str. n. with ending — ion or — ment, e. g. okāsa° opportu-
nity of speaking, giving an audience Sn p. 94; pātu° making
tora or alata J iii.223 (°gumba=elagalāgumba; vv. ll. kam-
clear, manifestation DhA iv.198 anāvi°, anuttāni° conceal-
moja° & tampo° [for kambo°]).
ment Vbh 358; kata° (adj.) one who has done the act or pro-
Kamma (nt.) [Vedic karman, work esp. sacrificial process. For
cess, gone through the experience SnA 355; añjali°, sāmīci°
ending °man=Idg. *men cp. Sk. dhāman=Gr. δημα, Sk. nā-
veneration, honouring (in formula with nipaccakāra abhivā-
man=Lat nomen] the doing, deed, work; orig. meaning (see
dana paccuṭṭhāna) D iii.83 (≈Vin ii.162, 255); A i.123; ii.180;
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