The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Ka&&hissa
Ka&&hissa (nt.) [Sk.?] a silken coverlet embroidered with gems D i.7=Vin i.192= ii.163; DA i.87=AA 445.
Ka&hati
Ka&hati [Sk. kvathati; cp. Goth. hvapo scum, hvapjan to seethe. The Dh!tumañj(s! (no. 132, ed. Andersen
& Smith) comments on ka&h with "sos!na -- p!kesu." See also kuthati] 1. to boil, to stew Bdhgh on Vin
i.205, see Vin. Texts ii.57 n1, where pp. is given as kuthita. Similarly Th 2, 504 (cp. Sisters 174 n4, but cp.
Mil. trs. ii.271 "distressed"; E. Müller, J.R.A.S. 1910, 539). -- 2. to be scorched, pp. ka&hita (=hot) Miln
323, 325, 357, 397. -- The pp. occurs as ˚ka&&hita & ˚ku&&hita in cpds uk˚ pa˚ (q. v.). See also ku&&hita.
Ka&hala
Ka&hala [Sk. ka&hara (˚la, ˚lla, ˚lya: all found in Av. S and Divy), to k%*!ti; cp. kh!&i] gravel, pebble,
potsherd J iii.225; v.417; VvA 157; combd with sakkhara at D i.84=A i.9, and in simile at A i.253. As f.
combd with ka&&ha at A i.124=Pug 30, 36; A iii.6; as m. in same combn at Vism 261.
Ka&halaka
Ka&halaka gravel, potsherd J iii.227; Miln 34.
Ka&hina
Ka&hina (adj. -- n.) [Sk. ka&hina & ka&hora with dial. &h for rth; cp. Gr. kratu/s, kratero/s strong, kra/tos
strength; Goth. hardus=Ags. heard=E. hard. Cp. also Sk. k%tsna=P. kasi*a]. 1. (adj.) hard, firm, stiff. Cp.
ii.2; Dhs 44, 45 (where also der. f. abstr. aka&hinat! absence of rigidity, combd with akakkhalat!, cp. DhsA
151 aka&hina -- bh!va); PvA 152 (˚d!&ha). -- (fig.) hard, harsh, cruel J i.295=v.448 (=thaddha -- hadaya);
adv. ˚' fiercely, violently Miln 273, 274. -- 2. (nt.) the cotton cloth which was annually supplied by the
laity to the bhikkhus for the purpose of making robes Vin i.253 sq.; also a wooden frame used by the bh. in
sewing their robes Vin. ii.115 -- 117. -- On the k. robe see Vin. i.298 sq.; iii.196 sq., 203 sq., 261 sq.; iv.74,
100, 245 sq., 286 sq.; v.15, 88, 119, 172 sq.; 218. Cp. Vin. Texts i.18; ii.148; iii.92. -- atthara*a the
dedication of the k. cloth Vin i.266; see next. -- atth!ra the spreading out, i. e. dedication of the k. cloth by
the people to the community of bhikkhus. On rules concerning this distribution and description of the
ceremony see Vin i.254 sq.; Bu ix.7; cp. Vin v.128 sq., 205 -- uddh!ra the withdrawal or suspension of the
five privileges accorded to a bhikkhu at the k. ceremony Vin i.255, 259; iii.262; iv.287, 288; v.177 -- 179,
cp. next & Vin. Texts ii.157, 234, 235. -- ubbh!ra=˚uddh!ra, in ka&hinassa ubbh!r!ya "for the suspension of
the k. privileges" Vin i.255. -- khandhaka the chapter or section treating of k., the 7th of the Mah!vagga of
the Vinaya Vin ii.253 -- 267. -- c"vara a k. robe made of k. cloth Bu ix.7. -- dussa the k. cloth Vin i.254. --
ma*.apa a shed in which the bhikkhus stitched their k. cloth into robes Vin ii.117. -- rajju string used to fix
the k. cloth on to the frame Vin ii.116. -- s!l!=˚ma*.apa Vin ii.116.
Ka&hinaka
Ka&hinaka (adj.) referring to the ka&hina cloth Vin v.61, 114.
Ka..hati
Ka..hati [dialect. form supposed to equal Sk. kar+ati, cp. Prk. ka..hai to pull, tear, kha..! pit, dug -- out.
See also Bloomfield, J.A.O.S. xiv. 1921 p. 465.] 1. to draw out, drag, pull, tug J i.193, 225, 265, 273