The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

K(jati
K(jati [kuj, expld with guj at Dhtp 78 by "avyatte sadde"] to sing (of birds; cp. vik(jati) J ii.439; iv.296;
D!vs v.51. -- pp. k(jita see abhi˚, upa˚.
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K(&a
K(&a1 (nt.) [Dhtp 472 & Dhtm 526 expl. ku& of k(&a1 by ko&ille (ko&ilye), cp. Sk. k(&a trap, cp. Gr. paleu/w
to trap birds] a trap, a snare; fig. falsehood, deceit. As trap J i.143 (k(&ap!s!di); iv.416 (expln
pa&icchannap!sa). As deceit, cheating in formula tul!˚ ka'sa˚ m!na˚ "cheating with weight, coin and
measure" (DA i.78=vañcana) D i.5=iii.176=S v.473=M i.180 =A ii.209; v.205=Pug 58. m!na˚ PvA 278. --
As adj. false, deceitful, cheating, see cpds. -- Note. k(&e J i.145 ought to be read ku&e (antoku&e pad"po viya,
cp. gha&a). -- a&&a a false suit, in ˚k!ra a false suitor J ii.2; DhA i.353; -- ja&ila a fraudulent ascetic J i.375;
DhA i.40; -- m!na false measure PvA 191; -- v!*ija a false -- trader Pv iii.42; PvA 191; -- vinicchayikat! a
lie (false discrimination) PvA 210. -- vedin lier, calumniator J iv.177.
K(&a
K(&a2 (m. nt.) [Vedic k(&a horn, bone of the forehead, prominence, point, *qele to jut forth, be prominent;
cp. Lat. celsus, collis, columen; Gr. kolwno/s kolofw/n; Ags. holm, E. hill] -- (a) prominence, top (cp. ko&i),
in abbha˚ ridge of the cloud Vv i.1 (=sikhara); a'sa˚ shoulder, clavicle, VvA 121, 123 pabbata˚ mountain
peak Vin ii.193; J i.73. Cp. ko&a. -- (b) the top of a house, roof, pinnacle A i.261; Vv 784 (=ka**ik! VvA
304); gaha˚ Dh 154; PvA 55. Cp. also k(&!g!ra. -- (c) a heap, an accumulation, in sank!ra˚ dust -- heap M
ii.7; PvA 144. -- (d) the topmost point, in phrase desan!ya k(&a' gahetv! or desan! k(ta' ga*hanto "leading
up to the climax of the instruction" J i.275, 393, 401; v.151; vi.478; VvA 243. Cp. arahattena k(&a'
ga*hanto J i.114; arahattaphalena k. ga*hi' ThA 99. -- anga the shoulder Vv 158 (=VvA 123). -- âg!ra (nt.)
a building with a peaked roof or pinnacles, possibly gabled; or with an upper storey Vin i.268; S ii.103=
v.218; iii.156; iv.186; v.43, 75, 228; A i.101, 261; iii.10, 364; iv.231; v.21; Pv iii.17; 221; Vv 82
(=ratanamayaka**ik!ya bandhaketuvanto VvA 50); VvA 6 (upari˚, with upper storey) v. l. ku&&h!g!ra; PvA
282 (˚dhaja with a flag on the summit); DhA iv.186. In cpds.: -- ˚ matta as big as an upper chamber J i.273;
Miln 67; -- ˚s!l! a pavilion (see description of Ma*.alam!)a at DA i.43) Vin iii.15, 68, 87; iv.75; D i.150; S
ii.103=v.218; iv.186. -- (n) gama going towards the point (of the roof), converging to the summit S ii.263=
iii.156=v.43; -- &&ha standing erect, straight, immovable, in phrase vañjha k˚ esika&&h!yin D i.14=56= S
iii.211=M i.517 (expl. DA i.105 by pabbatak(&a' viya &hita); -- po*a at Vism 268 is to be read ˚go*a: see
k(&a4.
K(&a
K(&a3 (nt.) [*qol! to beat; cp. Lat. clava; Gr. kla/w, ko/los, and also Sk. kha.ga; Lat. clades, procello; Gr.
kladaro/s. The expln of ku&3 at Dhtp 557 & Dhtm 783 is "!ko &ane"] a hammer, usually as aya˚ an iron
sledge hammer J i.108; or ayo˚ PvA 284; ayomaya˚ Sn 669; kamm!ra˚ Vism 254.
K(&a
K(&a4 (adj.) [Sk. k(&a, not horned; *(s)qer to cut, mutilate, curtail, cp. Lat. caro, curtus; also Sk k%dhu
maimed. The expln of ku& as "chede," or "chedane" (cutting) at Dhtp 90, 555; Dhtm 115, 526, 781 may
refer to this k(&a. See also ku&&a] without horns, i. e. harmless, of go*a a draught bullock Vin iv.5=J i.192
(in play of words with k(&a deceitful J. trsl. misses the point & translates "rascal"). These maimed oxen
(cows & calves) are represented as practically useless & sluggish in similes at Vism 268, 269: k(&a -- go*a
-- (so read for ˚po*a) -- yutta -- ratha a cart to which such a bullock is harnessed (uppatha' dh!vati runs the
wrong way); k(&a -- dhenuy! kh"ra' pivitv! k(&a -- vaccho, etc., such a calf lies still at the post. -- K(&a --