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Kankhayati Kancana
Kankb&yati [Deaom. fr. kankha) to doubt, pp. Kankhayita
Sn 102 1.
Kankh&yana {() 4- kankhiyitatta (nt.) doabting and
hesitation, doubtfulness, Nd* i ; Dha 425, 1004, 11 18;
DhsA 259.
Kankhin (adj.) [Sk. kank^in] i. doubting, wavering, undecided,
irresolute D n.241; Sn 1148; Nd' 185; comb''
with vecikicchin S 111.99; M 1.18; A 11. 174; Sn 510.
— 2. longing for Pgdp 106 (mokkha°). — akankhin
not doubting, confident, sure (cp. akankha) D 11.241;
A 11.175.
Kanga (f.) [derivation unknown, prob. non-Aryan, cp.
Sk. kangu] the panic seed, Panicum Italicum; millet,
used as food by the poor (cp. piyangu) ; mentioned as
one of the seven kinds of grains (see dhaiifia) at Vin
IV. 264; DA 1.78. — Miln 267; Mhvs 32, 30.
-pittha millet flour, in °maya made of m. meal
J VI. 58 1, -bhatta a dish of (boiled) millet meal Vism
418 (in simile).
Kaoa [Sk. kaca, cp. k4&ci and Latin cingo, cicatrix] the
hciir (of the head), in °kalapa a mass of hair, tresses
Davs IV.51.
Kacavara [to kaca ?] i . sweepings, dust, rubbish (usually
in comb" with chaddeti and sammajjati) J 1.292;
111.163; IV. 300; Vism 70: DA 1.7; DhA 1,52; SnA 311.
— 2. rags, old clothes SA 283 (= pilotik^).
-chaddana throwing out sweepings, m "pacchi a dust
basket, a bin J 1.290. -chaddanaka a dust pan J 1. 161
(+ mutthi-sammujjani). -cbaddani a dust pan DhA
III. 7 (sammajjani + ). -chaddika (dasi) a maid for
sweeping dust, a Cinderella DhA iv.210.
Kaoci & kaccid (indecl.) [Sk. kaccid=kad-l-cid, see kad"]
indef. interrog. particle expressing doubt or suspense,
equivalent to Gr. dv, Lat. ne, num. nonne : then
perhaps; I doubt whether, I hope, I am not sure, etc..
Vin 1.158, 350 ; D 1.50 (k. mar) na vaflcesi I hope you
do not deceive me), 106; S 111.120, 125; Sn. 335, 354,
p. 87 ; 1. J 103, 279: V.373 ; DhA 11.39 (k. tumhe gata
" have you not gone," answer: aina " yes ") ; PvA 27
(k. tan danag upakappati does that gift really benefit
the dead ?), 178 (k. vo piijdapato laddho have you
received any alms?). Cp. kin. — Often comb'' with
other indef. particles, e. g. kacci nu Vin 1.41 ; J 111.236
VI.542 ; k. nu kho " perhaps " (Ger. etwa, doch nicht)
J 1.279 ; k. pana J 1.103. — When followed by nu or su
the original d reappears according to rules of Sandhi
kaccinnu J 11. 133
IU79 (see Nd= 186).
; v.174, 348 ; vi. 23 ; kaccissu Sn 1045,
Kaooikara a kind of large shrub, the Caesalpina Digyna
J VI. 535 (should we write with BB kacchi" ?).
Kacoha' (nt.) [cp. Sk. kaccba, prob. dial.] 1. marshy
land, marshes; long grass, rush, reed S 1.52 (te hi
sotthig gamissanti kacche vamakase magS), 78 (parulha
k-nakha-loma with nails and hair like long-grown grass,
v.23 (carami
cp. same at J 111.315 & Sdhp 104) ; J
kacchani vanSni ca) ; vi.ioo (parulha- kacchi tagara) ;
Sn 20 (kacche rulhatiiie caranti gavo) ; SnA 33 (pabbata"
opp. to nadi", mountain, & river marshes). Kern
(Toev. 11.139) doubts the genuineness of the phrase
parulha". — 2. an arrow (made of reed) M 1.429 (kaijdo
. . . yen' amhi viddho yadi va kacchag yadi v4
ropiman ti).
Kacoha' (adj.) [ger. of katb] fit to be spoken of A 1.197
(Cora. = kathetug yutta). akaccha ibid.
Kacchaka' a kind of fig-tree DA 1.8 1. — 2. the tree
Cedrcla Toona Vin iv.35 ; S v.9(i ; Vism 183.
Kacchati* Pass, of katheti (ppr. kacchainana A iii.iSt).
— 2. Pass, of karoti.
2 . the armpit : see upa°.
Eaochantara (nt.) [see kaccha^J 1. interior, dwelling,
apartment VvA 50 ( = nivesa) . —
Kacchapa [Sk. kacchapa, di