The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kiriyati
Kiriyati [Pass. of kirati or karoti] to be affected or moved Vism. 318.
Kiriya, Kiriy! & Kriy!
Kiriya, Kiriy! & Kriy! [abstr. fr. karoti] 1. (n.) -- (a) ( -- ˚) action, performance, deed; the doing=fulfilment;
cp. ˚kara*a, anta˚, making an end of, putting a stop to (dukkhassa) S iii.149; iv.93; Sn 454, 725; -- k!la˚
"fulfilment of one's time" i. e. death S iii.122; Pv i.1012; Sn 694; Pug 17; kusala˚ performance of good
actions S i.101; v.456; d!na˚ the bestowing of gifts PvA 123; p!pa˚ commission of sin Pug 19=23; puñña˚
the performance of good works S i.87=89=A iii.48; a˚ PvA 54 mangala˚ celebration of a festival PvA 86;
massu -- kiriy! the dressing of the beard J iii.314 (cp. m -- kara*a and kappan!); sacchi˚ realization, see s.
v. -- akiriy! the non -- performance of, omission, abstaining from (a˚ akara*a=verama*") J iii.530; Vbh 285.
(b) an act in a special sense=promise, vow, dedication, intention, pledge: PvA 18; justice: Miln 171;
kiriya' bhindati to break one's vow Miln 206. -- (c) philosophically: action ineffective as to result, non --
causative, an action which ends in itself (Mrs. Rh. D. in Dhs. trsl. xciii.), inoperative (see Cpd. 19). In this
sense it is grouped with kamma (cp. for relation kamma: kiriy!= Ger. sache: ursache). Thus is the theory of
Makkhali: n'atthi kamma', n'atthi kiriya' n'atthi viriyan ti= there is no karma, no after -- effect and no
vigour in this world A i.286 (different at D i.53); n'atthi kiriy! it does not matter M i.405. -- 2. (adj.) (a)
making no difference, indefinite; of no result, as def. of avy!kat!
-- 216 --
dhamm! Vbh 106, 182=302=Dhs 566 and 989 (manodh!tu kiriy! neva kusal! nâkusal! na ca
kammavip!k!: indifferent, neither good nor bad and having no fruit of kamma), same of jh!na Vbh
268=281; DhsA 388. -- (b) indecisive, in akiriya' vy!karoti to give an indecisive answer, to reply evasively
D i.53 and# -- pada (ttg.) the verb (i. e. that which supplies the action) VvA 315; -- v!da (adj.)
promulgating the (view of a) consequence of action, believing in merit and demerit, usually combd with
kammav!da (q. v.) also ˚v!din: D i.115 (of Gotama) A i.62; Vin i.71; a˚ denying the difference between
merit & demerit A iv.174=Vin i.234; 242, Vin iii.2; A iv.180 sq.; S iii.73. (+natthikav!da); -- v!din adj. to
prec. A i.62; -- hetu being a cause of discrimination Dhs 1424 sq.
Kiriyat!
Kiriyat! (f.) [abstr. fr. last] the performance of ( -- ˚), state of, etc. See sakkacca˚, sacchi˚, s!tacca˚.
Kir"&in
Kir"&in (adj.) enveloped, adorned Pv iii.91 (=ve&hitas"sa).
Kila
Kila see kili (the sound click).
Kilañj!
Kilañj! (f.) a mat of fibre or rushes, matting Vism 327; also a screen, a fascine, hurdle, faggots; a crate,
crating: tassa gandhabba' kilañj! -- ka*.(vana' viya hutv! . . . J ii.249; "his music was like the scraping of
a mat"; suva**a -- kilañj! a gilt mat J iv.212. As a fascine, used in making a road: DhA i.442. as a screen
(combd with chatta, fan) PvA 127; as faggots: J i.158; Miln 287; as a crate or basket, used by distillers: M
i.228= 374 (so*.ik! -- kilañj!) (cp. the trsln under so*.a in J.P.T.S. 1909); to which is likened the hood of
a snake: S i.106 (snake=m!ra).