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Kantati 14 Kapifijala
Kuitati^ [Sk. kn>atti, *Qert, cp. kata, & Lat. cratis, crassus,
E. crate] to plait, twist, spin. esp. suttar) (thread) Vin
IV.300 ; PvA ; 75 DhA 111.273 ; kappasag A 111.295. Cp.
pari".
Kantati* [Sk. krotati ; *(g)qert, to cut ; cp. Gr. koVju, to
shear ; Lat. caro, cena ; Uhg. sceran, E. shear ; see also
katu] to cut, cut oS J 11.53 ( : as nik° in gloss, where it
should be mulani kant°); in. 185: vi.154, DhA in. 152
(+ viddhagseti).
Kant&ra (adj. n.) [perhaps from kad-tarati, diflicult to
cross, Sk. (?) kantara] difficult to pass, scil. magga, a
difficult road, waste land, wilderness, expW as nirudaka
irina VvA 334 (on Vv 84»), comb'' with maru" PvA 99
and marukantaramagga PvA 112; opp. khemantabhumi.
Usually 5 kinds of wilds are enumerated:
cora*", vala°, nirudaka", amanussa°, appabbhakkha"
J
bhikkha° nirudaka". The term is used both lit. & fig.
1. 99 ; SA 324 ; 4 kinds at Nd' 630 : cora°. vala" du-
(of the wilds of ignorance, false doctrine, or of difficulties,
hardship). As the seat of demons (Petas and Yakkhas)
freq. in Pv (see above), also J 1.395. As di^i° in pass,
ditthi-gata, etc. M 1.8, 486, Pug 22 (on ditthi vipatti).
•addhana a road in the wilderness, a dangerous path
(fig.)Th I, 95-^-0 l.73 = M 1.276 ; -pa^panna a wanderer
through the wilderness, i. e. a forester J 111.537. -magga
a difficult road (cp. kummagga) J 11.294 (1'^) • ''^ simile :
S II. 1 18. -mukha the entrance to a desert J 1.99.
Kant&riya (adj.) [from kantAra] (one) living in or belonging
to the desert, the guardian of a wilderness, applied to a
Yakkha Vv 84" ( = VvA 341).
Kantika' (adj.) [to kantat^] spinning PvA 75 (si)tta°
itthiyo).
Kantika*= kanta^ in a° unpleasant, disgusting Pv 111.4^
( = PvA 193)-
Kantita^ [Sk. kftta, pp. of kantati'] spun, (sutta) Vin iv.300.
Kantita' (adj.) Sk. kftta pp. of kantati*] cut off, severed
Miln 240.
ir^nJft [Sk. kanda] a tuberous root, a bulb, tuber, as radish,
etc. J 1.273 ; '^.373 ; VI. 516 ; VvA 335 ; °mula bulbs and
roots (°phala) D i.ioi ;
a bulbous root J v.202.
Kandati [Sk. krandati to *Q(e)lem ; cp. Gr. ca\Eu>, «\njuf,
Lat. clamor, calare, ralendae, Ohg. hellan to shout] to
cry, wail, weep, lament, bewail Dh 371; Vv 83**;
J VI. 166; Miln II, 148; freq. of Petas: PvA 43, 160,
362 (cp. rodati). — In kamaguva pass, urattaliij k.
M. i.86 = Nd' s. v. ; A hi. 54 (urattaji for °ir) v. 1.); in
phrase b&hi paggayha k° Vin 1.237; 11.284; J v. 267.
Kandana (nt.) [Sk. kraudana] crying, lamenting PvA 262
Kandara [Sk. kandara] — i . a cave, grotto, generally, on
the slope or at the foot of a mountain Vin 11.76, 146
used as a dwelling-place Th i, 602 ; J 1.205 ; 111.172. —
2. a glen, defile, gully V 1.71 = A 11.2 10= Pug 59;
A IV. 437 ; Miln 36 ; cxpl'' at DA 1.209 (as a mountainous
part broken by the water of a river ; the etym. is a
popular one, viz. " kag vuccati udakag ; teua daritag ").
k-padarasakha A 1.243=11.240 ; PvA 29.
Kandala N. of a plant with white flowers J iv.442. —makula
knob (?) of k. plant Vism 253 (as in description of
sinews).
Kanda)a N. of esculent water lily, having an enormous
bulb D 1.264.
Kandita (adj.) [pp. of kandati] weeping. lamenting Davs
IV. 46 ; a° not weeping J 111.58. (n. nt.) crying, lamentation
J IH.57; Miln 148.
Kanna (adj.) [Sk. skauna] trickling down J v.445.
Kannfima^ kihnima J vi.126.
Kapaoa (adj. n.) [Sk. krpapa from krp wail, cp. Lat.
crepo; Ags.
— I. poor,
liraefn=E.
miserable,
raven. Cp. also Sk. kj-cchra]
wretched; a beggar; freq.
e.'cpl'' by varaka, duggata. dina and da|idda ; very
often classed with low-caste people, as cao4ala Pv.
iii.i" Apesakara (Ud4). Sn 818 J 1.312, 321; in. 199;
Pv n.91*; ui.i", iv.5»; DA 1.298 ; DhA 1.233 ; Th A 178.
— 2. small, short, insignificant A 1.2 13 ; Bdhd 84. (f.)
"a a miserable woman J iv.285 ; -"an (adv.) pitifully,
piteously, with verbs of weeping, etc. J in. 295 ; v. 499
ati° very miserable Pgdp
Der. °ta wretchedness Sdhp 315.
VI. 143 ; a° not poor J 111.199 ; —
74.
-addhika pi. often with °adi, which means samapabrahmana-k°-vanibbaka-yacaka
(e. g. D 1.137 ; PvA 78)
beggars and wayfarers, tramps J 1.6, 262, DhA 1.105, 188
(written k°-aDdhika) ; see also DA 1.298 and kapai:Lika
-iddhika pi. (probably miswriting for °addh°, cp.
Trenckner,y.P.r.S. 1908, 130) D 1.137 ; It65 ; DA 1.298 ;
-itthi a poor woman J 111.448 ; -jivika in "ag kappeti to
make a poor liveUhood J 1.312 ; -bhava the state of being
miserable PvA 274; -manussa a wretched fellow, a
beggar Vism 343 ; -laddhaka obtained in pain, said of
children J vi.150, cp. kiccha laddhaka; -visikha the
street or quarter of the poor, the slums Ud 4 ; -vuttin
leading a poor life PvA 175.
Kapaoika (f) a (mentally) miserable woman Th 2, 219;
ThA 178 ; cp. kapaoa ; also as kapaniya J vi.93.
Kapalla at Vin 1.203, is an error for kajjala, lamp-black,
used in preparation of a coUyrium (cp. J.P.T.S. 1887,
167).
Kapalla (nt.) [Sk kapala ; orig. skull, bowl, cp. kapola &
Lat. caput, capula, capillus, Goth, baubi, E. head]
I. a bowl in form of a skull, or tlie shell of reptiles ; see
kapala.— 2. an earthenware pan used to carry ashes
J 1.8; VI.66, 75; DhA 1.288. — 3. a frying pan (see
cpds. & cp. angara-kapalla) Sn 672. -kapalla is only a
variant of kapala.
-pati an earthen pot, a pan J 1.347 = Dh A 1. 371 ;
-piJTa a pancake J 1.345 ; DhA 1.367 ; VvA 123 Mhvs
;
35. 7-
Kapallaka — i a small earthen bowl J vi.59 ; DhA 1.224.
— 2. a frying pan J 1.346.
Kapala (nt.) [Sk. kapala, see kapalla] — i. a tortoiseor
turtle-shell S i.7 = MiIn 371 ; S iv.179; as ornament
at DA 1.89. — 2. the skull, cp. kataha in sisakatSha. —
3. a frying pan (usually as ayo°, of iron, e. g. A iv.70
84*; DhA 1.148
Nd» 304'"; VvA 335) J H.352 ; Vv
(v. 1. "kapalla) ; Bdhd 100 (in simile). — 4. a begging
bowl, used by certain ascetics S iv.190; v.53, 3c 1 ;
A 1.36 ; ni.225 ; J 1.89 ; PvA 3. — 5. a potsherd J 11.301.
-abhata the food collected in a bowl A 1.36 ; -khanda
a bit of potsherd J n.301 ; -battha " with a bowl in his
hand." begging, or a beggar, Th i. 1 1 18 ; J 1.89 ; 111.32 ;
v. 468 ;
PvA 3.
Kapalaka — i. a small vessel, bowl J 1.425. — 2. a
beggar's bowl J 1.235 ; DhA 11.26.
Kapasa=kappasa. q. v. Davs 11.39-
Kapi [Sk. kapi. origmal designation of a brownish colour,
cp. kapila & kapotaj a monkey (freq. in similes) Sn
791 ; Th 2, K'8o ; J 1.170; in. 1 48, cp. kavi.
-kacchu the plant Mucuna pruritus Pv 11.3'" ; "pltnla
its fruit PvA 86 ; -citta " having a monkey's mind,"
capricious, fickle J 111.148=525: -naccana Npl., Pv
IV. 1"; -nidda " monkey-.sleep," dozing Miln 300.
Kapinjala [Derivation unknown. Sk. kapinjala] a wild
bird, possibly the francoUu partridge Kvu 268 ; J
VI. 538 (IJ.U. kapifijara).