The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ka*&ha
Ka*&ha [*q9ent from *q9elt, primarily neck, cp. Lat. collus "the turner." Syn. with k. is g"v!, primarily
throat, Brh. ka*&ha] 1. throat A iv.131; J v.448; Miln 152 (ka*&ho !kurati, is hoarse); PvA 280 (akkhar!ni
mahat! ka*&hena uccarit!ni). The throat of Petas is narrow and parched with thirst: PvA 99 (k -- o&&ha --
t!l(na' tassita), 180 (s(ci˚ like a needle's eye, cp. s(cicchidda. v. l. s(cika&&ha "whose bones are like
needles"), 260 (visukkha -- k -- &&ha -- jivh!). -- 2. neck Vin i.15; Dh 307 (k!s!va˚); Vv 6417 (expid at VvA
280 by g"v(pagas"s(pag!di -- !bhara*!ni). Esp. in loc. ka*&he round the neck, with ref. to var. things tied
round, e. g. ku*apa' k. !satta' A iv.377; ku*apa' k. baddha' J i.5; k. m!l! J i.166, 192; k. bandhanti
va..hana' J iii.226; with the wreath of karav"ra flowers (q. v.) on a criminal ready for execution:
rattava**a -- virala -- m!l!ya bandhaka*&ha PvA 4 (cp. Av- i.102; ii.182; karav"ra -- m!l!baddha [sakta
ii.182] -- ka*&hegu*a). -- k(pa the cavity of the throat Mhbv 137. -- ja produced in the throat, i. e. guttural
S!sv 150. -- suttaka an ornamental string or string of beads worn round the neck Vin ii.106.
Ka*&haka
Ka*&haka1 thorn, see ka*&aka.
Ka*&haka
Ka*&haka2 N. of Gotama's horse, on which he left his father's palace Mhbv 25; spelt kanthaka at J i.54, 62
sq.
Ka*.a
Ka*.a (m. nt.) [perhaps as *kaldno fr. *kalad to break, cp. Gr. kladaro/s, Lat. clades, etc., Sk. k!*.a. See
also khagga and kha*.a] 1. the portion of a stalk or cane between one knot and another; the whole stalk or
shaft; the shaft of an arrow, an arrow in general M i.429 (two kinds of arrows: kaccha & ropima, cp. ka*.a
-- cittaka); J i.150; ii.91; iii.273; v.39; Miln 44, 73; Mhvs 25, 89. As arrow also in the "Tell" story of
Culladhanuggaha at J iii.220 & DhA iv.66. 2. a section, portion or paragraph of a book DA i.12; Pgdp
161. -- 3. a small portion, a bit or lump DhA i.134 (p(va˚); Mhvs 17, 35. -- 4. ka*.a' (adv.) a portion of
time, for a while, a little Pgdp 36. -- See also kha*.a, with which it is often confounded. Der. upa --
ka*.akin (adj.) (thin) like a stalk or arrow Pv. ii.113 (of a Pet"). -- gamana the going of an arrow, i. e. the
distance covered by an arrow in flight, a bow -- shot J ii.334; cp. ka*.u. -- cittaka (Sk. k!*.a -- citraka) an
excellent arrow A ii.202. -- n!)" a quiver J iii.220. -- pah!ra an arrow -- shot, arrow -- wound Miln 16
(ekena k -- paharena dve mah!k!y! pad!lit! "two birds killed with one stone"), 73. -- v!ra*a (adj.) warding
off arrows, appl. to a shield J vi.592 (nt.); a shield J iv.366.
Ka*.aka
Ka*.aka=ka*&aka Vin ii.318 (Bdhgh.); A iii.383; Bu xiii.29. -- aka*.aka free from thieves, safe, secure
PvA 161.
Ka*.ar!
Ka*.ar! (f.) sinew, tendon Vin i.91, 322 (in cpd. ka*- .ara -- cchinna one whose tendons (of the feet) have
been cut); Kvu 23, 31; Vism 253, 254 (where KhA 49 reads miñja).
Ka*.ita
Ka*.ita at J i.155 is misprint; read: ka*.am assa atth" ti ka*." ta' ka*.ina'.
Ka*.in