The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ka**ik! (f.) [cp. ka**aka & Sk. kar*ik!] 1. an ornament for the ear, in ˚lakkha*a: see below. -- 2. the
pericarp of a lotus J i.152, 183; v.416; Miln 361; Vism 124 (paduma˚); VvA 43. -- 3. the corner of the
upper story of a palace or pagoda, house -- top J i.201; iii.146, 318, 431, 472; DhA i.77 (k(&!g!ra˚); DA
i.43; VvA 304; Bdhd 92. -- 4. a sheaf in the form of a pinnacle DhA i.98. -- In cpds. ka**ika˚. -- baddha
bound into a sheaf; fig. of objects of thoughts DhA i.304. -- ma*.ala part of the roof of a house J. iii.317;
DhA iii.66; vi.178. -- rukkha a tree or log, used to form the top of a house J i.201=DhA i.269. -- lakkha*a
the art of telling fortune by marks on ornaments of the ear, or of the house -- top D i.9 (=pilandhana -- k˚ pi
geha -- k˚ pi vasena DA i.94).
Ka**ik!ra
Ka**ik!ra see ka*ik!ra.
Kanha
Kanha (adj.) [cp. Vedic k%+*a, Lith. kérszas] dark, black, as attr. of darkness, opposed to light, syn. with
k!)a (q. v. for etym.); opp. sukka. In general it is hard to separate the lit. and fig. meanings, an ethical
implication is to be found in nearly all cases (except 1.). The contrast with sukka (brightness) goes through
all applications, with ref. to light as well as quality. I. Of the sense of sight: k -- sukka dark & bright (about
black & white see n"la & seta), forming one system of coloursensations (the colourless, as distinguished
from the red -- green and yellow -- blue systems). As such enumd in connection with quasi definition of
vision, together with n"la, p"ta, lohita, mañje&&ha at D ii.328=M i.509 sq. =ii.201 (see also mañje&&ha). -- II.
(objective). 1. of dark (black), poisonous snakes: ka*h! (f.) J ii.215 (=k!)a -- sappa C); ˚sappa J i.336;
iii.269, 347; v.446; Vism 664 (in simile); Miln 149; PvA 62; ˚s"s! with black heads A iii.241 (kim"). -- 2. of
(an abundance of) smooth, dark (=shiny) hair (cp. in meaning E. gloom: gloss=black: shiny), as Ep. of King
Vasudeva Pv ii.61, syn. with Kesav! (the Hairy, cp. *)apo/llwn *ou)lai_os Samson, etc., see also siniddha -
- , n"la -- , k!la -- kesa). suka*ha -- s"sa with very dark hair J v.205, also as suka*ha -- ka*ha -- s"sa J v.202
(cp. susuk!)a). ˚ja&i an ascetic with dark & glossy hair J vi.507, cp. v.205 suka*haja&ila. ˚añjana glossy
polish J v.155 (expld as sukhumaka*ha -- lom' !citatt!). -- 3. of the black trail of fire in ˚vattanin (cp. Vedic
k%+*a -- vartani' agni' R. V. viii.23, 19) S i.69=J iii.140 (cp. iii.9); J v.63. 4. of the black (fertile) soil
of Avanti "ka*h -- uttara" black on the surface Vin i.195. -- III. (Applied). 1. ˚pakkha the dark (moonless)
half of the month, during which the spirits of the departed suffer and the powers of darkness prevail PvA
135, cp. Pv iii.64, see also pakkha1 3. -- 2. attr. of all dark powers and anything belonging to their sphere,
e. g. of M!ra Sn 355, 439 (= Namuci); of demons, goblins (pis!c!) D i.93 with ref. to the "black -- born"
ancestor of the Ka*h!yanas (cp. Dh i.263 k!)a -- va**a), cp. also k!)a in ˚sunakha, the Dog of Purgatory
PvA 152. -- 3. of a dark, i. e. miserable, unfortunate birth, or social condition D iii.81 sq. (br!hmano va
sukko va**o, ka*ho añño va**o). ˚abhij!ti a special species of men according to the doctrine of Gos!la DA
i.162; A iii.383 sq. ˚abhij!tika "of black birth," of low social grade D iii.251=A. iii.384; Sn 563; cp. Th 1,
833 and J.P.T.S. 1893, 11; in the sense of "evil disposition" at J v.87 (expld as k!)aka -- sabh!va). -- 4. of
dark, evil actions or qualities: ˚dhamma A v.232=Dh 87; D iii.82; Sn 967; Pug 30; Miln 200, 337; ˚pa&ipad!
J i.105, and ˚magga the evil way A v.244, 278; ˚bh!vakara causing a low (re -- )birth J iv.9 (+ p!pa --
kamm!ni), and in same context as dhamma combd with ˚sukka at A iv. 33; Sn 526 (where ka*h!˚ for
ka*ha˚): Miln 37; ˚kamma "black action" M i.39; ˚vip!ka black result, 4 kinds of actions and 4 results, viz.
ka*ha˚, sukka˚, ka*ha -- sukka˚, aka*ha -- asukka˚ D
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iii.230=M i.389 sq.=A ii.230 sq.; Nett 232. aka*ha 1. not dark, i. e. light, in ˚netta with bright eyes, Ep. of
King Pingala -- netta J ii.242 in contrast with M!ra (although pingala -- cakkhu is also Ep. of M!ra or his
representatives, cp. J v.42; Pv ii.41). -- 2. not evil, i. e. good A ii.230, 231. -- atika*ha very dark Vin iv.7;
suka*ha id. see above ii.2.
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