The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kha*ana
Kha*ana (nt.) [fr. kha*] digging Miln 351 (pokkhara*i˚).
Kha*ika
Kha*ika (adj.) [fr. kha*a] unstable, momentary, temporary, evanescent, changeable; usually syn. with
ittara, e. g. J i.393; iii.83; PvA 60. -- Vism 626 (kha*ikato from the standpoint of the momentary). Kha*ik!
p"ti "momentary joy" is one of the 5 kinds of joy, viz. khuddik!, kha*ik!, okkantik!, ubbeg!, phara*! (see
p"ti) Vism 143, DhsA 115. -- citta temporary or momentary thought Vism 289. -- mara*a sudden death
Vism 229. -- vassa momentary, i. e. sudden rain ( -- shower) J vi.486.
Kha*ikatta
Kha*ikatta (nt.) [fr. kha*ika] evanescence, momentariness Vism 301.
Kha*.a
Kha*.a [freq. spelt ka*.a (q. v.). Cp. Sk. kha*.a; expld at Dhtp 105 as "chedana"] 1. (adj.) broken, usually
of teeth; Th 2, 260 (=ThA 211); Miln 342; Vism 51. 2. (m. nt.) a broken piece, a bit, camma˚ a strip of
hide Vin ii.122; co)a˚ a bit of cloth PvA 70; pilotika˚ bits of rags PvA 171; p(va˚ a bit of cake J iii.276; --
akha*.a unbroken, entire, whole, in -- k!rin (sikkh!ya) fulfilling or practising the whole of (the
commandments) Pv iv.343 and ˚s"la observing fully the s"la -- precepts Vv 113; cp. Vism 51 & Bdhd 89. --
âkha*.a (redupl. -- iter. formation with distributive function) piece by piece, nothing but pieces, broken up
into bits Vism 115. -- âkha*.ika piece by piece, consisting of nothing but bits, in kh ˚' chindati to break up
into fragments A i.204 (of m!luv!lat!); ii.199 (of th(*!); S ii.88 (of rukkha); cp. Vin iii.43 (d!r(ni ˚'
ched!petv!); J v.231 (˚' katv!). -- danta having broken teeth, as sign of old age in phrase kh˚ palitakesa,
etc. "with broken teeth and grey hair" A i.138 and #; J i.59, 79 (id.). -- phulla [Bdhgh on Vin ii.160; kha*.a
=bhinn'ok!so, phulla=phalit' ok!so.] broken and shattered portions; ˚' pa&isankharoti to repair dilapidations
Vin ii.160 (=navakamma' karoti) 286; iii.287; A iii.263; cp. same expression at Divy 22. a˚ unbroken and
unimpaired fig. of s"la, the rule of conduct in its entirety, with nothing detracted Vv 8316=Pv iv.176 (cp.
akha*.as"la)=DhA i.32.
Kha*.ati
Kha*.ati to break, DhA iv.14; pp. kha*.ita broken, PvA 158 ( -- ka**o= chinnaka**o).
Kha*.ik!
Kha*.ik! (f.) [fr. kha*.a] a broken bit, a stick, in ucchu˚ Vv 3326 (=ucchu -- ya&&hi DhA iii.315).
Kha*.icca
Kha*.icca (nt.) the state of being broken (of teeth), having broken teeth, in phrase kh˚ p!licca, etc., as signs
of old age (see above) M i.49=D ii.305; A iii.196; Dhs 644=736=869; DhA iii.123; in similar connection
Vism 449.
Kha*.eti
Kha*.eti [v. denom. fr. kha*.a] to renounce, to remit, in vetana' ˚etv! J iii.188.
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