The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

iv.226); 8 (which is considered, socially, almost the lowest sum J iv.138; i.483). A nominal fine of 1 k. (=a
farthing) Miln 193. -- eka' k˚ pi not a single farthing J i.2; similarly eka -- kah!pa*en' eva Vism 312. --
Various qualities of a kah!pa*a are referred to by Bdhgh in similes at Vism 437 and 515. Black kah!pa*as
are mentioned at DhA iii.254. -- See Rh. Davids, Ancient Measures of Ceylon; Buddh. India, pp. 100 --
102, fig. 24; Miln trsl. i.239. -- gabbha a closet for storing money, a safe DhA iv.104; -- vassa a shower of
money Dh 186 (=DhA iii.240).
Kah!pa*aka
Kah!pa*aka (nt.) N. of a torture which consisted in cutting off small pieces of flesh, the size of a kah!pa*a,
all over the body, with sharp razors M i.87=A i.47, ii.122; cp. Miln 97, 290, 358.
K!
K! (indecl.) interj. imitating the crow's cry: k! k! J iv.72.
K!˚
K!˚ in composition, is assimilated (and contracted) form of kad˚ as k!puppha, k!purisa.
K!ka
K!ka [onomat., cp. Sk. k!ka; for other onomat. relatives see note on gala] the crow; freq. in similes: S
i.124= Sn 448; J i.164. Its thievish ways are described at DhA iii.352; said to have ten bad qualities A
v.149; J i.342; iii.126; k!k! v! kulal! v! Vin iv.40. -- As bird (of the dead) frequenting places of interment
and cremation, often with other carcass -- eating animals (sig!la, gijjha) Sn 201; PvA 198 (=dhanka); cp.
k!ko)a. -- In cpds. often used derisively. -- f. k!k" J ii.39, 150; iii.431. -- !masaka "touching as much as a
crow," attr. of a person not enjoying his meals DhA iv.16; DhsA 404; -- u&&epaka a crow -- scarer, a boy
under fifteen, employed as such in the monastery grounds Vin i.79 cp. 371. -- opam! the simile of the crow
DhA ii.75. -- orava "crow -- cawing," appld to angry and confused words Vin i.239, cp. iv.82; -- ôl(ka
crows and owls J ii.351; DhA i.50; Mhbv 15; -- guyha (tall) enough to hide a crow (of young corn, yava) J
ii.174; cp. J. trsl. ii.122; -- n")a a crow's nest J ii.365; -- paññ! "crow -- wisdom," i. e. foolishness which
leads to ruin through greed J v.255, 258; cp. vi.358; -- pa&&anaka a deserted village, inhabited only by crows
J vi. 456; -- p!da crow's foot or footmark Vism 179 (as pattern); -- peyya "(so full) that a crow can easily
drink of it," full to the brim, overflowing, of a pond: samatittika k˚ "with even banks and drinkable for
crows" (i. e. with the water on a level with the land) D i.244; S ii.134 (do.); D ii.89; M i.435; A iii.27; J
ii.174; Ud 90; cp. note to J. trsl. ii.122; PvA 202. See also peyya. -- bhatta "a crow's meal," i. e. remnants
left from a meal thrown out for the crows J ii.149; -- va**a "crow -- coloured" N. of a king Mhvs 2211; --
vassa the cry of a crow Vin ii.17; -- s"sa the head of a crow J ii.351; as adj.: having a crow's head, appld to a
fabulous flying horse D ii.174; cp. J ii.129; -- s(ra a "crow -- hero," appl. to a shameless, unconscientious
fellow Dh 244; DhA iii.352; -- ssaraka (having a voice) sounding like a crow Vin i.115.
K!kacchati
K!kacchati [derived by Fausböll fr. k!s, to cough; by Trenckner fr. krath; by Childers & E. Müller fr. kath;
should it not rather be a den. fr. kakaca a saw?] to snore Vin iv.355; A iii.299; J i.61, 160
(=ghurughurûpass!sa; cp. DA i.42 ghurû -- ghurûpass!s"); i.318; vi.57; Miln 85; Vism 311.
K!ka*a
K!ka*a (nt.) [k! (for kad˚) + ka*a=less than a particle] a coin of very small value Sdhp 514.
K!ka*ik!