The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kambussa [fr. preceding] gold or golden ornament (bracelet) J v.260, 261 (: kambussa' vuccati suva**a').
Kambojaka
Kambojaka (adj.) coming fr. Kamboja J iv.464 (assatara).
Kamboj!
Kamboj! (f.) N of a country J v.446 (˚ka ra&&ha); Pv ii.91 (etc.); Vism 332, 334, 336.
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Kamboji
Kamboji (m., nt.) [meaning & etym. unexpld] the plant Cassia tora or alata J iii.223
(˚gumba=elagal!gumba; vv. ll. kammoja˚ & tampo˚ [for kambo˚]).
Kamma
Kamma (nt.) [Vedic karman, work esp. sacrificial process. For ending ˚man=Idg. *men cp. Sk.
dh!man=Gr. dh=ma, Sk. n!man=Lat nomen] the doing, deed, work; orig. meaning (see karoti) either
building (cp. Lit. kùrti, Opr. k(ra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in m!l!kamma and lat!˚ "the
intertwining of garlands and creepers"; also in kamma -- kara possibly orig. employed in weaving, i. e.
serving); cp. Lat. texo, to weave=Sk. tak+an builder, artisan, & Ger. wirken, orig. weben. Grammatically
karman has in P!li almost altogether passed into the -- a decl., the cons. forms for instr. & abl. kamm! and
kamman! gen. dat. kammuno, are rare. The nom. pl. is both kamm! and kamm!ni. I. Crude meaning. 1.
(lit.) Acting in a special sense, i. e. office, occupation, doing, action, profession. Two kinds are given at Vin
iv.6, viz. low (h"na) & high (ukka&&ha) professions. To the former belong the kamm!ni of a ko&&haka and a
pupphaccha..aka, to the latter belong v!*ijj! and gorakkh!. -- Kamma as a profession or business is
regarded as a hindrance to the religious life, & is counted among the ten obstacles (see palibodha). In this
sense it is at Vism 94 expld by navakamma (see below 2a). -- kassa˚ ploughing, occupation of a ploughman
Vism 284; kumbhak!ra˚ profession of a potter J vi.372; tunna˚ weaving Vism 122; PvA 161. purohita˚
office of a high -- priest (=abstr. n. porohicca') SnA 466; v!*ija˚ trade S!sv. 40. -- kamman! by profession
Sn 650, 651; kamm!ni (pl.) occupations Sn 263=Kh v.6 (anavajj!ni k.=an!kul! kammant! Sn 262). paresa'
k˚' katv! doing other people's work=being a servant VvA 299; sa˚ pasut! bent upon their own occupations
D i.135, cp. attano k˚ -- kubb!na' Dh 217. kamma -- kara*a -- s!l! work -- room (here: weaving shed) PvA
120. 2. Acting in general, action, deed, doing (nearly always -- ˚) (a) (active) act, deed, job, often to be
rendered by the special verb befitting the special action, like c"vara˚ mending the cloak VvA 250; uposatha˚
observing the Sabbath Vbh 422; nava˚ making new, renovating, repairing, patching Vin ii.119, 159 (˚karoti
to make repairs); J i.92: Vism 94, adj. navakammika one occupied with repairs Vin ii.15; S i.179; patthita˚
the desired action (i. e. sexual intercourse) DhA ii.49; kamma' karoti to be active or in working, to act:
n!go p!dehi k.k. the elephant works with his feet M i.414; kata˚ the job done by the thieves DhA ii.38
(corehi), as adj. kata˚ cora (& akata ˚cora) a thief who has finished his deed (& one who has not) Vism 180,
also in special sense: occasion for action or work, i. e. necessity, purpose: ukk!ya kamma' n'atthi, the torch
does not work, is no good Vism 428. (b) (passive) the act of being done ( -- ˚), anything done (in its result),
work, often as collect. abstr. (to be trsld. by E. ending -- ing): apaccakkha˚ not being aware, deception Vbh
85; da)h"˚ strengthening, increase Vbh 357, Vism 122; citta˚ variegated work, m!l!˚ garlands, lat!˚ creeper
( -- work) Vism 108; n!ma˚ naming Bdhd 83; pañh!˚ questioning, "questionnaire" Vism 6. -- So in
definitions ni&&huriya˚= ni&&huriya Vbh 357; nimitta˚= nimitta, obh!sa˚=obh!sa (apparition > appearing)
Vbh 353. -- (c) (intrs.) making, getting, act, process ( -- ˚). Often trsl. as abstr. n. with ending -- ion or --
ment, e. g. ok!sa˚ opportunity of speaking, giving an audience Sn p. 94; p!tu˚ making clear, manifestation
DhA iv.198 an!vi˚, anutt!ni˚ concealment Vbh 358; kata˚ (adj.) one who has done the act or process, gone
through the experience SnA 355; añjali˚, s!m"ci˚ veneration, honouring (in formula with nipaccak!ra
abhiv!dana paccu&&h!na) D iii.83 (#Vin ii.162, 255); A i.123; ii.180; J. i.218, 219. 3. (Specialised) an "act"