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Kammanta Karaka

i.468; -bheri the drum announcing the (taking up of) busi- Kamyatā ( -°) & kammatā (Nd) [fr. kām] wish, desire, long-
ness DhA iii.100; -vipatti "failure of action," evil — doing A ing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent: kathetu° VvA
i.270 opp. -sampadā "perfection of action, right — doing" A 18; muñcitu° (+paṭisankhā) Ps i.60, 65; Bdhd 123; asotu°,
i.271; -saṁvidhāna the providing of work D iii.191 (one of adaṭṭhu° and adassana° Vbh 372. Esp. in definitions, as
the 5 duties of the gahapati). of chanda: kattu° Vbh 208; Bdhd 20; of jappā: puñcikatā
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sādhu° Vbh 351; 361=Dhs 1059; Nd s. v. taṇhā (: has the
Kammantika (adj.) [fr. kammanta] 1. a business manager J
better reading mucchañci katā asādhu°; v. l. pucchañci°; both
i.227. — 2. a labourer, artisan, assistant J i.377.
Vbh and Dhs have sādu in text which should be corrected to
Kammāra [Vedic karmāra] a smith, a worker in metals gener- 2
asādhu°; see detail under puñcikatā); of māna; ketu° Nd 505;
ally D ii.126, A v.263; a silversmith Sn 962= Dh 239; J i.223;
Dhs 1116=1233; Vbh 350 sq.; Bdhd 24; of lapanā: pāṭu° (v.
a goldsmith J iii.281; v.282. The smiths in old India do not
l. cāṭu°) Vbh 246= 352. — As abl. (=kamyā) in dassana° S
seem to be divided into black —, gold — and silver — smiths,
i.193=Th 1, 1241; Sn 121 (expl. as icchāya SnA 179). Cp.
but seem to have been able to work equally well in iron, gold,
kammaññatā & kamma — sādutā.
and silver, as can be seen e. g. from J iii.282 and VvA 250,
Kaya [fr. kri] purchase, buying A iii.226 (+vi°).
where the smith is the maker of a needle. They were consti-
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-(a)kkaya, buying & selling Pv i.5 (see also Kh vii.6 and
tuted into a guild, and some of them were well — to — do as
appears from what is said of Cunda at D ii.126; owing to their note). -vikkaya (kraya vikraya) buying & selling, trade in
°paṭivirata D i.5=A ii.209=v.205= Pug 58; D i.64; S v.473; Sn
usefulness they were held in great esteem by the people and
929; J v.243; Khus 114; DhA i.78; PvA 29 (=KhA 212).
king alike J iii.281.
-uddhana a smith's furnace, a forge J vi.218; -kula a Kayati [krī, perhaps connected with kṛ] to buy; Inf. ketuṁ J
smithy M i.25; kūṭa a smith's hammer Vism 254; -gaggarī a iii.282; cp. kiṇāti.
smith's bellows S i.106; J vi.165; Vism 287 (in comparison);
Kayika [fr. krī, cp. BSk. krayika Divy 505] a buyer, trader,
-putta "son of a smith," i. e. a smith by birth and trade D dealer Miln 334.
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ii.126; A v.263; as goldsmith J vi.237, Sn 48 (Nd ad loc.: k°
Kayin a buyer J vi.110.
vuccati suvaṇṇakāro); -bhaṇḍu (bhaṇḍ, cp. Sk. bhāṇḍika a
barber) a smith with a bald head Vin i.76; -sālā a smithy Vism Kara [fr. kṛ] 1. (adj.) (—°) producing, causing, forming, mak-
413; Mhvs 5, 31. ing, doing, e. g. anta° putting an end to; pabhaṁ causing
splendour; pāpa° doing evil; divā° & divasa the day — maker,
Kammāsa [Vedic kalmāṣa, which may be referred, with kalana,
i. e. the sun; kaṇhabhāva° causing a "black" existence (of
kaluṣa, kalanka and Gr. κελαινός to *qel, fr. which also Sk.
pāpakamma) J iv.9; padasandhi° forming a hiatus PvA 52; va-
kāla black — blue, Gr. κηλάς, κηλίς; Lat. cālīgo & callidus]
cana°, etc. — 2. (m) "the maker," i. e. the hand Mhvs 5, 255
1. variegated, spotted, blemished J v.69 (°vaṇṇa), said of the
— 256; 30, 67. -atikaraṁ (adv.) doing too much, going too
spotted appearance of leprosy. — fig. inconsistent, varying A
far J i.431; -dukkara (a) difficult to do, not easy, hard, ardu-
ii.187. — 2. (nt.) inconsistency, blemish, blot A iv.55; Vism
ous S i.7; iv.260; A i.286; iv.31, 135; v.202; +durabhisamb-
51. — a° not spotted, i. e. unblemished, pure, said of moral
havo Sn 429 701; Ud. 61; (n. nt.) something difficult, a dif-
conduct D ii.80; A ii.52; iii.36, 572; vi.54, 192; Bdhd 89.
ficult task A i.286 (cp. iv.31); J i.395; Miln 121, dukkara —
-kārin in a° not acting inconsistently A ii.187; cp. ibid.
kārikā "doing of a hard task," exertion, austerity M i.93; Nd 2
243. -pāda 1. (a) having speckled feet J v.475; (b) (m) one
b
262 . -sukara easy to do S i.9; ii.181; Dh 163; Ud 61; na
who has speckled feet, i. e. an ogre; also N. of a Yakkha J
sukaraṁ w. inf. it is not easy to... D i.250; A iii.52, 184;
v.503, 511 (cp. J.P.T.S. 1909, 236 sq.).
iv.334.
Kammika (adj. — n.) [fr. kamma] 1. (—°) one who does or
-kaṭaka (m. nt.) a hand — wheel, i. e. a pulley by which
looks after; one whose occupation is of such & such a char-
to draw up a bucket of water Vin ii.122; cp. Vin. Texts iii.112;
acter: āya° revenue — overseer, treasurer DhA i.184; sabba°
-ja "born of kamma" in karaja — kāya the body sprung from
(always with ref. to amacca, the king's minister) one who does
action, an expression always used in a contemptible manner,
everything, the king's confidant Vism 130; PvA 81. — On
therefore=the impure, vile, low body A v.300; J i.5; Vism 287,
term ādi° beginner (e. g. Vism 241) see Cpd. 53, 129 n.2. —
404; DA i.113, 217, 221; DhA i.10; iii.420; DhsA 403. karaja
2. a merchant, trader, in jalapatha° and thalapatha° by sea
— rūpa Vism 326. -tala the palm of the hand Mhbv 6, 34;
& by land J i.121. — 3. a superintendent, overseer, manager
-mara "one who ought to die from the hand (of the enemy),"
J ii.305 (executioner of an order); vi.294; Mhvs 30, 31. — 4.
but who, when captured, was spared and employed as slave; a
one connected with the execution of an ecclesiastical Act Vin
slave J iii.147, 361; iv.220; DhA iii.487; — °ānītā a woman
ii.5 (cp. p. 22); Bdhd 106.
taken in a raid, but subsequently taken to wife; one of the 10
Kammin (adj.) (—°) [fr. kamma, cp. kammaka] doing, perform- kinds of wives (see itthi) Vin iii.140 (=dhajāhaṭā); — gāhaṁ
ing, practising J vi.105; Sdhp 196, 292. gaṇhāti to make prisoner J i.355; iii.361; -mita "to be mea-
sured with (two) hands," in °majjhā, a woman of slender waist
Kamya (adj.) (—°) [fr. kām] wishing for, desiring DhsA 365
J v.219; vi.457.
(sādhu°; v. l. °kāma); kamyā, abl. in the desire for, see next.
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Kamyā (—°) in abl. function (of kamyā f. for kamyāya or kamya Karaka [Etymology unknown. The Sanskrit is also karaka, and
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adj.?) in the desire for: S i.143=J iii.361 (expl by kāmatāya); the medieval koṣas give as meaning, besides drinking vessel,
also a coco — nut shell used as such (with which may be com-
Sn 854, 929.
pared Lat. carīna, nutshell, keel of a boat; and Gr. κάρυα, nut.)
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