The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ka'sa [cp. Sk. ka'sa; of uncertain etym., perhaps of Babylonian origin, cp. hirañña] 1. bronze Miln 2;
magnified by late commentators occasionally into silver or gold. Thus J vi.504 (silver) and J i.338; iv.107;
vi.509 (gold), considered more suitable to a fairy king. -- 2. a bronze gong Dh 134 (DhA iii.58). -- 3. a
bronze dish J i.336; !p!n"ya˚ a bronze drinking cup, goblet M. i.316. -- 4. a "bronze," i. e. a bronze coin
worth 4 kah!pa*as Vin iv.255, 256. See Rhys Davids, Coins and Measures §§ 12, 22. -- "Golden bronze" in
a fairy tale at Vv 54 is explained by Dhammap!la VvA 36 as "bells." -- It is doubtful whether brass was
known in the Ganges valley when the earlier books were composed; but ka'sa may have meant metal as
opposed to earthenware. See the compounds. -- upadah!rana (n. a.) metal milk -- pail (?) in phrase:
dhenusahass!ni duk(la -- sandan!ni (?) ka's(padh!ra*!m D ii.192; A iv.393; J vi.503 (expld at 504). Kern
(Toev. p. 142) proposes correction to ka's'ûpadohana (=Sk. k!'sy'opodohana), i.e. giving milk to the extent
of a metal pailful. -- ka*&aka metal thorns, bits of sharp metal, nails J v.102 (cp. saka*&aka) -- k(ta cheating
with false or spurious metal D i.5 (=DA i.79: selling brass plates for gold ones). -- t!la bronze gong DhA
i.389; DhsA 319 (˚t!)a); VvA 161 or cymbals J vi.277. 411. -- th!la metal dish, as distinguished from
earthenware D i.74 (in simile of dakkho nah!pako=A iii.25) cp. DA i. 217; Vism 283 (in simile); DhA
iii.57 (: a gong); DA i.217; DhA iv.67 =J iii.224; reading at Miln 62 to be ˚t!la (see J.P.T.S. 1886, 122). --
pattharika a dealer in bronze ware Vin ii.135. -- p!ti & p!t" a bronze bowl, usually for food: M i.25; A
iv.393; Sn 14; PvA 274. -- p(ra full of metal J iv.107. -- bha*.a brass ware Vin ii.135. -- bh!jana a bronze
vessel Vism 142 (in simile). -- maya made of bronze Vin i.190; ii.112; -- mallaka metal dish, e. g. of gold J
iii.21. -- loha bronze Miln 267.
Ka'sati
Ka'sati=kassati, see ava˚.
Kakaca
Kakaca [onomat. to sound root kr!, cp. note on gala; Sk. krakaca] a saw Th 1, 445; J iv.30; v.52; vi.261; DA
i.212; in simile ˚ -- (pama ov!da M i.129. Another simile of the saw (a man sawing a tree) is found at Ps
i.171, quoted & referred to at Vism 280, 281. -- kha*.a fragment or bit of saw J i.321. -- danta tooth of a
saw, DA i.37 (kakaca -- danta -- pantiya' k")am!na).
Kaka*&aka
Kaka*&aka, the chameleon J i.442, 487; ii.63; vi.346; VvA 258.
Kaku
Kaku [Brh. kakud, cp. k!kud hollow, curvature, Lat. cacumen, & cumulus] a peak, summit, projecting
corner S i.100 (where satakkatu in Text has to be corrected to satakkaku: megho thanaya' vijjum!l!
satakkaku. Com. expln sikhara, k(&a) A iii.34 (=AA 620~k(&a). Cp. satakkaku & Morris, J.P.T.S. 1891 --
93, 5.
Kaku&a
Kaku&a a dove, pigeon, only in cpds.: -- p!da dove -- footed (i. e. having beautiful feet) DhA i.119; f. p!d"
appl. to Apsaras, J ii.93; DhA i.119; Miln 169.
Kakutthaka
Kakutthaka see ku˚.
Kakudha