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Kantaki Ka^na
stumbling and obstructioii A 1.35 ; SnA 334. As abstr.
kantakattai) hindrance at Vism 269 (sadda°]. —akan-
(aka I. free from thorns J 11. 118; v.260. — 2. (fig.)
free from thieves, quiet, peaceful D 1.135 ; also not
difficult, easy, happy, bringing blessings (of the right
path) A V.135 ; Vv i^ ; VvA 96. —sakantaka i. having
bones (of food) J rv.192, 193. — 2. (fig.) beset with
thieves, dangerous D 1.135 ; thorny, i. e. painful, miserable
(of dnggati and kima) S IV.19S ; Th 2, 352 ; J
V.2OC. — Cp. also kandaka and nikkan^a.
-tpacita covered with thorns J vi.249 (cp. °Jcita) ;
-ipassaya (c=kantak' apasraya) a bed made of an outstretched
skin, under which are placed ^:homs or iron
spikes ; to lie or stand on such is a practice of certain
naked ascetics D i.i67 = M 1.78^. -&passayika (adj.
to prec.) " bed-of-thoms-man " D 1.167?;;. At J
1.493 the reading is k-^passaya, at 111.74 k-apassaya ; at
111.235 the reading is kaiithaka-seyyai) kappetha
(should it be k-Spassaye seyyai) k° ?) ; D
1.167 reads
kai^tbaka-passayika. -acita covered with thorns
J V.167. -idhana a thorny brake, a thorny hedge
M 1. 10 (k-dh&na ; for dhlna— thana see dh&na & cp.
rSja-dhSni) ; A 1.35 ; Miln 220. -kasd a thorny whip
used for punishment and torture J 111.41. -gahana a
thorny thicket or jungle S 11.228. -giunba a th. bush
J 1.208.
J V.I 75.
-lata a th. creeper, the Capparis Zeilanica
-Ta^ta a thorny brake or hedge M 1.448.
Kavtaki (/.) in cpd.
Vin II. 154.
"rata a thorny fence (cactus hedge?)
ir«^^h« r*4neilt from *qaelt, primarily neck, cp. Lat. coUus
" the turner." Syn. with k. is giva, primarily throat,
Brh. kantha] i. throat A iv.131 ; J v.448 ; Miln 152
(kaijtho akurati, is hoarse) ; Pv.\ 280 (akkharani mahata
kanthena uccarit&ni). The throat of Petas is narrow
and parched with thirst : Pv.\ 99 (k-ottba-talunai)
tassita), 180 (suci° like a needle's eye, cp. sucicchidda.
v. 1. sucikattha "whose bones are like needles"), 260
(visukkha-k-ttha-jivh&). — 2. neck Vin 1.15 ; Dh 307
(kSsiva") ; Vv 64" (expl'' at VvA 280 by givupagasisupagadi-ibharantoi)
. Esp. in loc. kanfhe round the
neck, with ref . to var. things tied round, e. g. knDapai) k.
isatta^ A iv.377 ; knnapai) k. baddhag J 1.5 ; k. m&U
111.226 ; with
J 1. 166, 192 ; k. bandhanti vaijdhanar) J
the wreath of karavira flowers (q. v.) on a criminal
ready for execution : rattavanua-virala-maliya bandha-
kai)tha PvA 4 (cp. Av6 1.102 ; 11.182 : karavira-raaUbaddha
[sakta Ii.i82]-kantheguria).
-kupa the cavity of the throat Mhbv 137. -ja produced
in the throat, i. e. guttural Sasv 150. -suttaka
an ornamental string or string of beads worn round the
neck Vin 11. 106.
Ka^thaka' thorn, see kandaka
Ka^thaka' N. of Gotama's horse, on which he left his
father's palace Mhbv 25 ; spelt kanthaka at J 1.54, 62 sq.
Ka94a (m. nt.) [perhaps as *kaldno fr. *kalad to break,
cp. Gr. rXaiapi'if, Lat. clades. etc., Sk. kap^a. See also
khagga and khan