The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kanik!ra (m. nt.) & ka**ik!ra J iv.440; v.420; the difference stated at J v.422 is ka*i˚=mah!pupph!
ka**i˚=khuddakapupph!) [Sk. kar*ik!ra] -- 1. (m.) the tree Pterospermum acerifolium J i.40; v.295; vi.269,
537. -- 2. (nt.) its (yellow) flower (k -- puppha), taken metaphorically as typical emblem of yellow and of
brightness. Thus in similes at D ii.111 (=p"ta)= M ii.14 (**)=A v.61 (**); DhA i.388; of the yellow robes
(k!s!y!ni) J ii.25; with ref. to the blood of the heart Vism 256;=golden VvA 65; DhA ii.250 (v. l. **). --
makula a k. bud J ii.83.
Ka*erika
Ka*erika (nt.) a helmet (?) J vi.397.
Ka*eru
Ka*eru (m. f.) [Derivation uncertain, just possibly con- nected with kara, trunk. Sanskrit has kare*u, but the
medieval vocabularies give also ka*eru] a young elephant J ii.342; iv.49; v.39, 50, 416; vi.497; DhA i.196
(v. l.) kare*uk!) -- f. ˚k! M i.178. -- See also kare*u.
Ka*&a
Ka*&a (cp. next) a thorn Miln 351.
Ka*&aka
Ka*&aka [From kantati2 to cut. Brh. ka*&aka. Spelt also ka*&haka] 1. a thorn Sn 845; Vin i.188; J v.102;
vi.105 (in description of the Vetara*"); cp. kusa˚. -- 2. any instrument with a sharp point Sdhp 201. 3. a
bone, fish -- bone J i.222; in pi&&hi˚ a bone of the spine D ii.297# (see ka&a&&hi); M i.80=245; Vism 271;
Sdhp 102. -- 4. (fig.) an obstacle, hindrance, nuisance ("thorn in my side"); Kvu 572; enemy, infestor; a
dacoit, thief, robber D i.135 (sa˚ and a˚, of the country as infested with dacoits or free from them, cp. DA
i.296); J i.186 (pa&ika*&aka, enemy); v.450; Th 1, 946; DhA i.177 (akkhimhi); VvA 301. -- 5. (fig.)
anything sharp, thorny, causing pain: of k!m! (passions) S iv.189, 195, 198; Ud 24; Kvu 202; cp. sa˚. --
Thus grouped, like sa'yojan!ni, into 10 obstacles to perfection (dasa k.) A v.134; as "bringing much
trouble" J iv.117. Often in standing phrase kh!*u -- ka*&aka
-- 179 --
stumbling and obstruction A i.35; SnA 334. As abstr. ka*&akatta' hindrance at Vism 269 (sadda˚). --
aka*&aka 1. free from thorns J ii.118; v.260. -- 2. (fig.) free from thieves, quiet, peaceful D i.135; also not
difficult, easy, happy, bringing blessings (of the right path) A v.135; Vv 187; VvA 96. -- saka*&aka 1.
having bones (of food) J iv.192, 193. -- 2. (fig.) beset with thieves, dangerous D i.135; thorny, i. e. painful,
miserable (of duggati and k!m!) S iv.195; Th 2, 352; J v.260. -- Cp. also ka*.aka and nikka*&aka. --
âpacita covered with thorns J vi.249 (cp. ˚!cita); -- âpassaya (=ka*&ak' ap!$raya) a bed made of an
outstretched skin, under which are placed thorns or iron spikes; to lie or stand on such is a practice of
certain naked ascetics D i.167=M i.78#. -- âpassayika (adj. to prec.) "bed -- of -- thorns -- man" D i.167#.
At J i.493 the reading is k -- !passaya, at iii.74 k -- apassaya; at iii.235 the reading is ka*&haka -- seyya'
kappetha (should it be k -- !passaye seyya' k˚?); D i.167 reads ka*&hak! -- passayika. -- !cita covered with
thorns J v.167. -- !dh!na a thorny brake, a thorny hedge M i.10 (k -- dh!na; for dh!na =&h!na see dh!na &
cp. r!ja -- dh!n"); A i.35; Miln 220. -- kas! a thorny whip used for punishment and torture J iii.41. -- gahana
a thorny thicket or jungle S ii.228. -- gumba a th. bush J i.208. -- lat! a th. creeper, the Capparis Zeilanica J
v.175. -- va&&a a thorny brake or hedge M i.448.
Ka*&aki
Ka*&aki (f.) in cpd. ˚v!&a a thorny fence (cactus hedge?) Vin ii.154.