The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kammaññat!
Kammaññat! (f.) [abstr. fr. prec.] workableness, adapta- bility, readiness, appl. to the wood of the sandal
tree (in simile) A i.9; said of k!ya and citta in connection with kammaññatta' k˚bh!vo k˚mudut!: Dhs 46,
47=326=641=730; cp. Dhs 585; similar Bdhd 16, 20, 71; DhsA 136, 151 (=kammas!dut!) a˚
unworkableness, inertness, unwieldiness, sluggishness Miln 300; Nett 86, 108, cp. Dhs 1156, 1236; DhsA
255; expld as cittagelañña' DhsA 377; as cetaso l"natta' Vbh 373.
Kammanta
Kammanta [Sk. karm!nta; kamma+anta, cp. anta 14.] 1. doing, acting, working; work, business,
occupation, profession. pa&icchanna˚ of secret acting Sn 127= Vbh 357; as being punished in Niraya A i.60;
S iv.180; as occupation esp. in pl. kammant!: S v.45=135; DhA i.42 (kammant! nappavattanti, no business
proceeds, all occupations are at a standstill); an!kula˚ Sn 262=Kh v.5; abbhantar! k˚ u**! ti v!, kapp!s! ti
v! as housework, falling to the share of the wife A iii.37=iv.365; khetta˚ occupation in the field A iii.77;
see also D i.71; M iii.7; S i.204; Miln 9, 33; and below; as place of occupation: Sn p. 13, PvA 62. Phrases:
˚' adhi&&h!ti to look after the business A i.115; PvA 141; jahati give up the occupation S iv.324; PvA 133;
˚' payojeti to do or carry on business D i.71; ii.175; iii.66, 95; A iii.57; ˚' pavatteti to set a business on foot
PvA 42 (and vic!reti: PvA 93); ˚' sa'vidahati to provide with work A iv.269=272. Mhvs vi.16. -- 2. deed,
action in ethical sense= kamma, character, etc., Kh 136 (k˚=kamma); p!pa˚ doing wrong Pv iv.81; iv.161; J
vi.104 (opp. puñña˚); as specified by k!ya˚ vac" ˚mano˚ A v.292 sq.; VvA 130 (in parisuddha -- k!ya --
kammantat!); dhammik! k˚! M ii.191; !ki**a -- k˚ (evam -- ) of such character S i.204; kur(ra -- k˚ (adj.)
of cruel character A iii.383=Pug 56 (in def. of puggalo orabbhiko); samm!˚ of right doing, opp. micch!˚, as
constituting one element of character as pertaining to "Magga" (: q. v.) D ii.216; S ii.168; v.1; A iii.411;
Bdhd 135; expl. as k!ya -- kamma (=s"la 1 -- 3) at S v.9=Vbh 105; Vbh 235; as k!ya -- duccaritehi !rati
virati . . . Vbh 106. -- âdhi&&h!yika superintendent of work DhA i.393; -- &&h!na: 1. the spot where the
ceremonies of the Ploughing Festival take place J i.57; 2. the common ground of a village, a village bazaar
J iv.306; -- d!sa a farm -- servant J i.468; -- bheri the drum announcing the (taking up of) business DhA
iii.100; -- vipatti "failure of action," evil -- doing A i.270 opp. -- sampad! "perfection of action, right --
doing" A i.271; -- sa'vidh!na the providing of work D iii.191 (one of the 5 duties of the gahapati).
Kammantika
Kammantika (adj.) [fr. kammanta] 1. a business manager J i.227. -- 2. a labourer, artisan, assistant J i.377.
-- 195 --
Kamm!ra
Kamm!ra [Vedic karm!ra] a smith, a worker in metals generally D ii.126, A v.263; a silversmith Sn 962=
Dh 239; J i.223; a goldsmith J iii.281; v.282. The smiths in old India do not seem to be divided into black --
, gold -- and silver -- smiths, but seem to have been able to work equally well in iron, gold, and silver, as
can be seen e. g. from J iii.282 and VvA 250, where the smith is the maker of a needle. They were
constituted into a guild, and some of them were well -- to -- do as appears from what is said of Cunda at D
ii.126; owing to their usefulness they were held in great esteem by the people and king alike J iii.281. --
uddhana a smith's furnace, a forge J vi.218; -- kula a smithy M i.25; k(&a a smith's hammer Vism 254; --
gaggar" a smith's bellows S i.106; J vi.165; Vism 287 (in comparison); -- putta "son of a smith," i. e. a
smith by birth and trade D ii.126; A v.263; as goldsmith J vi.237, Sn 48 (Nd2 ad loc.: k˚ vuccati
suva**ak!ro); -- bha*.u (bha*., cp. Sk. bh!*.ika a barber) a smith with a bald head Vin i.76; -- s!l! a
smithy Vism 413; Mhvs 5, 31.
Kamm!sa