The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ka)"ra
Ka)"ra the top sprout of a plant or tree, esp. of the bamboo and cert. palm trees (e. g. coco -- nut tree) which
is edible Sn 38 (va'sa˚=ve)ugumba Nd2 556 and p. 58); Th 1, 72; J i.74, cp. iii.179; vi.26; Miln 201
(va'sa˚); Vism 255 (va'sa˚ -- cakkalaka, so read for kalira˚; KhA 50 at id. passage reads ka)"ra -- da*.a). --
(c)chejja (nt.) "the cutting off of the sprout," a kind of torture Miln 193, cp. Miln. trsl. i.270 and
kadal"ccheda.
Ka)ebara
Ka)ebara (: kale˚ and kalevara) (m. & nt.) [cp. BSk. ka.e- bara Av. -. ii.26] 1. the body S i.62=A
ii.48;=iv.429 =M i.82; J ii.437, iii.96, 244; Vism 49, 230. -- 2. a dead body, corpse, carcass; often in
description of death: khandh!na' bhedo k˚assa nikkhepo, D ii.355= M. i.49=Vbh 137; Th 2, 467; J iii.180,
511; v.459; Mhvs 2010; 3781; PvA 80. Cp. ku*apa. -- 3. the step in a flight of stairs M ii.92, cp. kalingara.
Ka)op"
Ka)op" (=kha)opi) f. 1. a vessel, basin, pot: see cpds. - 2. a basket, crate (= pacchi ThA 219; J v.252) M
i.77, 342; S i.236=Th 2, 283 (where osenti is to be corr. to openti); J v.252. -- On the form of the word
(=karo&i?) see Trenckner J.P.T.S. 1908, 109 and Davids, Dial. i.227. ka)op" (as kha)op") is expld at Pug A p.
231 as "ukkhal", pacchi v!." -- mukha the brim of a pan or cooking vessel D i.166 =M i.77=342=A i.295=
ii.206 (kumbhi -- m˚+ka)opim˚); -- hattha with a vessel or basket in his hand A iv.376.
Kavaca
Kavaca (nt.) [cp. Sk. kavaca] a mail, a coat of mail, armour D ii.107=Ud 64 (appld to existence); Th 1, 614
(of s"la); J iv.92, 296; Miln 199, 257; Vism 73. -- j!lik! a mail -- coat Miln 199.
Kavandha
Kavandha (m. nt.) [cp. Sk. kavandha & kabandha] 1. the (headless) trunk of the body, endowed with the
power of motion Vin iii.107; cp. S ii.260 (as"saka˚); Miln 292; DhA i.314. -- 2. a headless dwarf, whose
head has been crushed down into his body J v.424, 427 (cp. the story of Dhanu, the R!k+asa who was
punished by having his head and thighs forced into his body, Raghuva'sa xii.57).
Kav!&a
Kav!&a (m. nt.) 1. the panels of the door, the door proper, not the aperture Vin ii.114, 120, 207, 208 (see
Vin ii.148 for the description of a door) iv.269, 304 (˚baddha =!vasatha); J i.19; Nd2 2351d; Vism 28
(˚ko*a doorcorner). -- 2. dv!ra˚ a door -- post J i.63; ii.334; PvA 280. -- 3. a window Mhvs ix.17; -- ˚'
pa*!meti to open the door Vin ii.114, 120, 207; ˚' !ko&eti to knock at the door D i.88 (=DA i.252); Vin
ii.208. -- akav!&aka (adj.) having no doors, doorless Vin ii.148, 154 (v. l. for akkav!ta Text).
-- 201 --
-- pi&&ha the panels and posts of a door; the door and the door -- posts Vin i.47, 48=ii.208, 218; -- baddha
"door -- bound," closed, secure Vin iv.292 (see also above).
Kav!&aka
Kav!&aka=kav!&a Vin ii.148; DA i.62 (n"vara*a˚).