The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

K!ma*.aluka (adj.) having a kama*.alu (q. v.) S iv.312 cp. A v.263.
K!mat!
K!mat! (f.) [abstr. fr. k!ma] desire, longing, with noun: viveka˚ . . . to be alone PvA 43; anattha˚ J iv.14;
with inf. PvA 65 (gahetu˚); J iii.362 (vin!setu˚); Mhvs 5, 260; DhA i.91.
K!min
K!min (adj.) [fr. k!ma] 1. having k!ma, i. e. enjoying pleasure, gratifying one's own desires in k!ma --
k!min realizing all wishes; attr. of beings in one of the Sugatis, the blissful states, of Yakkhas, Devas or
Devaññataras (Pv i.33 =PvA 16), as a reward for former merit; usually in combn with bhuñj!mi
paribhogavant (Pv iv.346) or as "nandino devalokasmi' modanti kk!mino" A ii.62= It 112; Th 1, 242; J
iii.154; Pv ii.115; Pv iii.116 (expl. "as enjoying after their hearts' content all pleasures they can wish for"). -
- 2. giving k!ma, i. e. benevolent, fulfilling people's wishes; satisfying their desires, in atthak!min" devat!
Sn 986. -- ak!mak!min passionless, dispassionate Sn 1096, syn. of v"tata*h! without desire (cp. Nd2 4).
K!muka
K!muka (adj. -- n.) [cp. Sk. k!muka] desiring, loving, fond of; a sweetheart, lover J v.306; Mhbv 3.
K!meti
K!meti [den. fr. k!ma] to desire, to crave, 1. to crave for any object of pleasure: Th 1, 93; J iii.154; iv.167;
v.480; -- 2. to desire a woman, to be in love with D i.241; M ii.40; J ii.226; v.425; vi.307, 326, etc. pp.
k!mita in k!mita -- vatthu the desired object PvA 119; VvA 122; grd. k!mitabba to be desired, desirable
PvA 16 (v. l. for kañña, better), 73; VvA 127; and k!metabba J. v.156 (=kama*"ya); ppr. (k!ma')
k!mayam!nassa Sn 766 (=iccham!nassa, etc., Nd1); J vi.172=Nett 69.
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K!ya
K!ya [der. probably fr. ci, cinoti to heap up, cp. nik!ya heaping up, accumulation or collection; Sk. k!ya]
group, heap, collection, aggregate, body. -- Definitions and synonyms. -- SnA 31 gives the foll. synonyms
and similes of k!ya: ku&", guh! (Sn 772), deha, sandeha (Dh 148=Th 1, 20), n!v! (Dh 369), ratha (S iv.292),
dhaja, vamm"ka (M i.144), ku&ik! (Th 1, 1); and at KhA 38 the foll. def.: k!ye ti sar"re, sar"ra' hi
asucisañcayato kucchit!na' v! kes!d"na' !yabh(tato k!yo ti vuccati. . . . It is equivalent to deha: S i.27;
PvA 10; to sar"ra KhA 38; PvA 63, to nik!ya (deva˚) D iii.264; and cp. formula of j!ti: satt!na' tamhi
tamhi sattanik!ye j!ti . . . Nd2 257. Literal meaning. -- 1. mah!jana -- k!ya a collection of people, a crowd
S iv.191; v.170; VvA 78; -- bala˚ a great crowd Sn p. 105; DhA i.193, 398. -- 2. group or division: satta
k!y! aka&!, etc. (seven eternal groups or principles) D i.56=M i.517=S iii.211 (in Pakudha Kacc!yana's
theory); with reference to groups of sensations or sense -- organs, as vedan! -- k!ya, saññ!˚, viññ!*a˚,
phassa˚, etc. S iii.60, 61; D iii.243, 244; ta*h!˚ D iii.244; appl. to hatthi˚, ratha˚, patti˚, groups of elephants,
carriages or soldiers S i.72. -- A good idea of the extensive meaning of k!ya may be gathered from the
classification of the 7 k!yas at J ii.91, viz. camma˚, d!ru˚, loha˚, ayo˚, v!luka˚, udaka˚, phalaka˚, or
"bodies" (great masses, substances) of skin, wood, copper, iron, sand, water, and planks. -- Var. other
combns: Asura˚ A i.143; D iii.7; 4bhassara˚ ("world of radiance") D i.17=iii.29, 84; Deva˚ S i.27, 30; D
iii.264 (˚nik!ya); dibb! k!y! A i.143; T!vati'sa˚ D iii.15. Applied meaning. -- I. K!ya under the physical
aspect is an aggregate of a multiplicity of elements which finally can be reduced to the four "great"
elements, viz. earth, water, fire, and air (D i.55). This "heap," in the valuation of the Wise (muni), shares
with all other objects the qualities of such elements, and is therefore regarded as contemptible, as
something which one has to get rid of, as a source of impurity. It is subject to time and change, it is built up