The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kankhan"ya [grd. of kankhati] to be doubted S iv.399.
Kankh!
Kankh! (f.) [cp. Sk. k!nk+!] 1. doubt, uncertainty S i.181; iii.203 (dukkhe k. etc.; cp. Nd2 1); Sn 541, 1149;
˚' vinayati Sn 58, 559, 1025; k. pah"yati Ps ii.62; combd with vimati: D i.105; iii.116; S iv.327; v.161; A
ii.79, 160, 185; DA i.274; with vicikicch!: S iv.350; Dhs. 425. Defined as = kankh!yan! & kankh!yitatta
Nd21; Dhs 425 (under vicikicch!). 3 doubts enumd at D iii.217; 4 in passages with vimati (see above); 7 at
Dhs 1004; 8 at Nd2 1 & Dhs 1118; 16 at M i.8 & Vism 518. -- 2. as adj. doubting, doubtful, in akankha one
who has overcome all doubt, one who possesses right knowledge (vijj!), in combns akankha apiha anupaya
S i.181; akhila a. Sn 477, 1059; Nd2i; cp. viti**a˚ Sn 514; aviti**a˚ Sn 249, 318, 320 (=aj!na'); nikkankha
S ii.84 (+nibbicikiccha). -- 3. expectation SA 183. -- On connotation of k. in general see Dhs trsl. p. 115 n1.
-- cchida removing or destroying doubt Sn 87. -- cchedana the removal of d. J i.98; iv.69. -- &&h!niya
founded on d., doubtful (dhamm!) D iii.285; A iv.152, 154; v.16; AA 689. -- dhamma a doubting state of
mind, doubt D ii.149; S iv.350. -- vitara*a overcoming of doubt Miln 233; DhsA 352, ˚visuddhi complete
purification in consequence of the removal of all doubt D iii.288; M i.147; Ud 60; Vism 523; Bdhd 116 sq.
-- samangin affected with doubts, having doubts DhsA 259.
-- 175 --
Kankh!yati
Kankh!yati [Denom. fr. kankh!] to doubt, pp. Kankh!- yita Sn 1021.
Kankh!yan!
Kankh!yan! (f.) +kankh!yitatta (nt.) doubting and hesitation, doubtfulness, Nd2 1; Dhs 425, 1004, 1118;
DhsA 259.
Kankhin
Kankhin (adj.) [Sk. k!nk+in] 1. doubting, wavering, un- decided, irresolute D ii.241; Sn 1148; Nd2 185;
combd with vecikicchin S iii.99; M i.18; A ii.174; Sn 510. -- 2. longing for Pgdp 106 (mokkha˚). --
akankhin not doubting, confident, sure (cp. akankha) D ii.241; A ii.175.
Kangu
Kangu (f.) [derivation unknown, prob. non -- Aryan, cp. Sk. kangu] the panic seed, Panicum Italicum;
millet, used as food by the poor (cp. piyangu); mentioned as one of the seven kinds of grains (see dhañña)
at Vin iv.264; DA i.78. -- Miln 267; Mhvs 32, 30. -- pi&&ha millet flour, in ˚maya made of m. meal J vi.581.
-- bhatta a dish of (boiled) millet meal Vism 418 (in simile).
Kaca
Kaca [Sk. kaca, cp. k!ñc" and Latin cingo, cicatrix] the hair (of the head), in ˚kal!pa a mass of hair, tresses
D!vs iv.51.
Kacavara
Kacavara [to kaca?] 1. sweepings, dust, rubbish (usually in combn with cha..eti and sammajjati) J i.292;
iii.163; iv.300; Vism 70; DA i.7; DhA i.52; SnA 311. -- 2. rags, old clothes SA 283 (=pilotik!). -- cha..ana
throwing out sweepings, in ˚pacchi a dust basket, a bin J i.290. -- cha..anaka a dust pan J i.161 (+ mu&&hi --