Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary

khínásava: 'the one in whom all cankers are destroyed' is a name for the Arahat, or Holy One; s. ásava.kicca 'function'. Regarding the 14 functions of consciousness, s. viññána-kicca.kilesa: 'defilements', are mind-defiling, unwholesome qualities. Vis.M. XXII, 49, 65: "There are 10defilements, thus called because they are themselves defiled, and because they defile the mental factorsassociated with them. They are: (1) greed (lobha), (2) hate (dosa), (3) delusion (moha), (4) conceit (mána),(5) speculative views (ditthi), (6) skeptical doubt (vicikicchá), (7) mental torpor (thína), (8) restlessness(uddhacca); (9) shamelessness (ahirika), (10) lack of moral dread or unconscientiousness (anottappa)." For1-3, s. múla; 4, s. mána; 5, s. ditthi; 6-8, s. nívarana; 9 and 10, s. ahirika-anottappa.The ten are explained in Dhs. 1229f and enumerated in Vibh. XII. No classification of the k. is found in theSuttas, though the term occurs quite often in them. For the related term, upakkilesa (q.v.; 'impurities')different lists are given - (App.).kilesa-káma: 'sensuality considered as defilement' (s. kilesa) might well be called 'subjective sensuality', incontradistinction to 'objective sensuality' (vatthu-káma), i.e. the sensuous objects (káma-guna). Cf. káma.kilesa-parinibbána: s. nibbána (1).killing: s. karma, kammapatha, sikkhápada.kiñcana: 'something', i.e. something evil that sticks or adheres to character. 'Evil appendant', is a name forthe 3 unwholesome roots (múla). "There are 3 appendants: greed (lobha) is an appendant, hate (dosa) is anappendant, delusion (moha) is an appendant" (D. 33). 'Freed from appendants' (akiñcana) is a term for theperfectly Holy One (Arahat).kiriya (or kriya)-citta: 'functional consciousness' or 'karmically inoperative consciousness', is a name forsuch states of consciousness as are neither karmically wholesome (kusala), nor unwholesome (akusala), norkarma-results (vipáka); that is, they function independently of karma. Thus are also called all those worldlymental states in the Arahat which are accompanied by 2 or 3 noble roots (greedlessness, hatelessness,undeludedness), being in the Arahat karmically neutral and corresponding to the karmically wholesome statesof a non-Arahat (s. Tab. 1-8 and 73-89), as well as the rootless mirth-producing (hasituppáda)mind-consciousness-element of the Arahat (Tab. 72); further, that mind-element (mano-dhátu) whichperforms the function of advertence (ávajjana) to the sense object (Tab. 70), and thatmind-consciousness-element (manoviññána-dhátu) which performs the functions of deciding (votthapana)and advertence to the mental object (Tab. 71). The last-named 2 elements, of course, occur in all beings.Together with karma-resultant consciousness (vipáka) it belongs to the group of 'karmically neutralconsciousness' (avyákata). See Tab. I (last column). - (App.).knowledge: cf. paññá, ñána, vijjá, vipassaná, abhiññá.kolankola: 'passing from one noble family to another', is the name for one of the 3 kinds of Sotápanna (q.v.).kriya-citta = kiriya (q.v.).kukkucca: lit. 'wrongly-performed-ness' (ku+krta+ya), i.e. scruples, remorse, uneasiness of conscience,worry, is one of the karmically unwholesome (akusala) mental faculties (Tab. II) which, whenever it arises, isassociated with hateful (discontented) consciousness (Tab. I and III, 30, 31). It is the 'repentance over wrongthings done, and right things neglected' (Com. to A. I). Restlessness and scruples (uddhacca-kukkucca),combined, are counted as one of the 5 mental hindrances (nívarana, q.v.).kuppa-dhamma 'liable to perturbation', is one who has not yet attained full mastery over the absorptions. InPug. 3 it is said: "What person is liable to perturbation? Such a person gains the attainments of thefine-material and immaterial sphere (s. avacara). But he does not gain them at his wish, nor without toil and