The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

71). As classed with jh!na see also Nd2 672 (s!dhu -- vih!rin). -- kasi*a one of the kasi*!!yatanas (see
under kasi*a) D iii.268; A i.41. -- gang! N. of the celestial river J i.95; iii.344. -- gamana going through the
air (as a trick of elephants) Miln 201. -- c!rika walking through the air J ii.103. -- c!rin = ˚c!rika VvA 6. --
&&ha living in the sky (of devat!) Bu i.29; Miln 181, 285; KhA 120; SnA 476. -- tala upper story, terrace on
the top of a palace SnA 87. -- dh!tu the element of space D iii.247; M i.423; iii.31; A i.176; iii.34; Dhs 638.
4k!sa
4k!sa2 (nt.?) a game, playing chess 2 in the air 3 (sans voir) Vin ii.10 = D i.6 (= a&&hapada -- dasapadesu
viya !k!se yeva ki)ana' DA i.85).
4k!saka
4k!saka (adj.) [!k!sa + ka] being in or belonging to the air or sky J vi.124.
-- 94 --
4k!sati
4k!sati [fr. !k!sa1] to shine J vi.89.
4kiñcañña
4kiñcañña (nt.) [abstr. fr. akiñcana] state of having nothing, absence of (any) possessions; nothingness (the
latter as philosophical t. t.; cp. below ˚!yatana & see Dhs trsl. 74). -- Sn 976, 1070, 1115 (˚sambhava, cp.
Nd2 116); Th 2, 341 (= akiñcanabh!va ThA 240; trsl. "cherish no wordly wishes whatsoëer"); Nd2 115, see
!k!sa; Miln 342. -- !yatana realm or sphere of nothingness (cp. !k!sa˚) D i.35, 184; ii.156; iii.224, 253, 262
sq.; M i.41, 165; ii.254, 263; iii.28, 44, S iv.217; A i.268; iv.40, 401; Ps i.36; Nett 26, 39; Vism 333. See
also jh!na & vimokkha.
4ki**a
4ki**a [pp. of !kirati] 1. strewn over, beset with, crowded, full of, dense, rich in (˚ -- ) Vin iii.130 (˚loma
with dense hair); S i.204 (˚kammanta "in motley tasks engaged"); iv.37 (g!manto !. bhikkh(hi etc.); A
iii.104 (˚vih!ro); iv.4; v.15 (an˚ C. for appaki**a); Sn 408 (˚varalakkha*a = vipula -- varalakkh˚ SnA 383);
Pv ii.124 (n!n! -- dijaga*˚ = !yutta PvA 157); Pug 31; PvA 32 (= pariki**a); Sdhp 595. -- Freq. in
idiomatic phrase describing a flourishing city "iddha ph"ta bahujana !ki**a -- manussa", e. g. D i.211;
ii.147 (˚yakkha for ˚manussa; full of yakkhas, i. e. under their protection); A iii.215; cp. Miln 2 (˚jana --
manussa). -- 2. (uncertain whether to be taken as above 1 or as equal to avaki**a fr. avakirati 2) dejected,
base, vile, ruthless S i.205 = J iii.309 = 539 = SnA 383. At K. S. 261, Mrs. Rh. D. translates "ruthless" &
quotes C. as implying twofold exegesis of (a) impure, and (b) hard, ruthless. It is interesting to notice that
Bdhgh. explains the same verse differently at SnA 383, viz. by vipula˚, as above under Sn 408, & takes
!ki**aludda as vipulaludda, i. e. beset with cruelty, very or intensely cruel, thus referring it to !ki**a 1.
4kirati
4kirati [! + kirati] to strew over, scatter, sprinkle, disperse, fill, heap Sn 665; Dh 313; Pv ii.49 (d!na'
vipula' !kiri = vippakirati PvA 92); Miln 175, 238, 323 (imper. !kir!hi); Sn 383. -- pp. !ki**a.
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