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Kapithana 15 Kappisika
Kapithana the tree Thespesia populneoides Vin nr. 35.
Kapittha and °ttha — i . the tree Feronia elephantnm, the
wood-apple tree J vi.534 ; Vism 183 ("ka) ; Mhvs 29, 1 1 ;
— 2. °i) (nt.) the wood apple Miln 189 ; — 3. the position
of the hand when the fingers are slightly and
loosely bent in J 1.237 ; kapitthaka S v.96.
Kapltthana= kapithana J "445; VI. 529, 550, 553; V. 1.
at Vism 183 for "itthaka.
KapUa (adj.) [Sk. kapila, cp. kapi] brown, tawny, reddish,
of hair & beard VvA 222 ; ''a f . a brown cow DhA iv.153.
irf(pi«t«i» [Sk. kapi:5irsa] the lintel of a door D n.143 (cp.
Rh.D. Buddh. Suttas p. 95 n') -°ka the cavity in a doorpost
for receiving the bolt Vin 11. 120, 148 (cp. Vin.
Texts II. 106 n').
Kapota [Sk. kapota, greyish blue, cp. kapi) — i. (m.) a
pigeon, a dove J 1.243 ; Miln 403 ; — 2. (f.) 'i a female
pigeon PvA 47 ; °ka (f. °ildi Miln 365) a small pigeon
J '•244-
-pada (of the colour) of a pigeon's foot J 1.9.
Kapob [Sk. kapola, cp. kapalla, orig. meaning " hollow "1
the cheek Vism 263, 362 ; DhA 1.194.
Kappa (adj. n.) [Sk. kalpa, see kappeti for etym. & formation!
anything made with a definite object in view,
prepared, arranged ; or that which is fit, suitable, proper.
See also DhA 1.103 & KhA 115 for var. meanings.
—I Literal Meaning. — i. (adj.) fitting, suitable, proper
(cp. "taj ( = kappiya) in kappAkappesu kusalo Th i, 251,
"kovido Mhvs 75, 16; Sn 911; as juice Miln 161.
(— °) made m, like, resembling Vin 1.290 (ahata°)
Sn 35 (khaggavis&Qa°) ; hetu° acting as cause to Sn 16 ;
Miln 105 ; — a° incomparable Mhvs 14, 65 ; — 2. (nt.) a
fitting, i. e. harness or trapping (cp. kappana) Vv 20*
a small black dot or smudge (kappa-
(VvA 104) ; —
bindu) imprinted on a new robe to make it lawful
Vin 1.255 ; IV. 22 7, 286 : also fig. a making-up (of a trick)
lesa" DA 1.103; VvA 348.-11. Applied Meaning.—
I. (qualitative) ordinance, precept, rule; practice,
manner Vin 11.294, 301 ( rkappati singilo^a-kappo "fit
is the rule concerning . . . ") ; cp. Mhvs 4, 9 ; one of the
chalanga, the 6 disciplines of Vedic interpretation,
VvA 265 ; — 2. (temporal) a " fixed " time, time with
ref. to individual and cosmic life. As 5yu at DA 1. 103
(cp.kappai)) ; as a cycle of time= saijsara at Sn 52 1, 535,
860 (na eti kappai)) ; as a measure of time : an age of
the world Vin iu.i09 ; Miln 108 ; Sdhp256. 257; PvA 21 ;
It i7 = Bdhd 87=S n.185. There are 3 principal cycles
or aeons : maha°, asankbeyya", antara" ; each maha°
consists of 4 asankheyya-kappas, viz. sagvafta" saqvattatthayi"
vivatta" vivaftafthayi' A II. 142 ; often
abbreviated to sagvatta-vivatta" D 1. 14: It 15; freq.
in formula ekarapijatii), etc. Vin 111.4 = III. 51, 111 =
It 99. On pubbanta" & aparanta", past & future
kappas see D 1. 12 sq. pafhama-kappe at the beginning
of the world, once upon a time (cp. atite) J 1.207. When
kappa stands by itself, a Maha-kappa is understood
DA 1. 162. A whole, complete kappa is designated by
kevala" Sn pp. i8 = 46~'i25; Sn 517; also digha°
S ii.iSi ; Sdhp 257. For similes as to the enoimous
length of a kappa see S 11.181 & DA i.i64 = FVA 254.
— ace. kappat) adv.: for a long time D 11.103=115 =
Ud 62, quot. at DA 1.103 : ^'"^ 11.198 ; It 17 ; Miln 108 ;
mayi &yukappai) J 1.119, cp. Miln 141. Cp. sankappa.
-Atita one who has gone beyond time, an Arahant
Sn 373. avasesai) (ace.) for the rest of the kappa, in
kappai) vS k-ftvasesai) va D n.ii7=A iv.309=Ud 62 ;
Miln 140 : -iyuka (one) whose life. extends over a kappa
Mhvs V.87 ; -uf^hana arising at or belonging to the (end
of a) kappa : -aggi the fire which destroys the Universe
J n.397; 111.185; rv.498; V.336; VI.554; Vism 304;
-ktia the time of the end of the world J v.244 ; -ntthana
(by itself) the end of the world J 1.4 = Vism 415; -kata
on which a kappa, i. e. smudge, has been made, ref. to
the civzxa of a bhikkhu (see above) Vin 1.255 ; iv.227,
286 ; DA 1.103 ; -(fl)jaha (one) who has left time behind,
free from sai)sara, an Arahant Sn 1101 (but expl"" at
Nd' s. v., see also DA 1.103 as free from dve kappa:
ditthi" tanha"). -jila the consumption of the kappa by
fire, the end of a kappa Dpvs 1.6:. -ttba staying there
for a kappa, i. e. in pnrgatorj' in Spayiko nerayiko +
atekiccho, said of Devadatta Vin 11.202. 206 ; A 111.402
^-r/.ife; It ii.~85. -(^ayin lasting a whole cycle,
of a vimSna Th i. 1 190. .(^hika enduring for an aeon :
kibbisa (of Devadatta) Vin 11.198 = 204; (cp. Vin. Texts
111.254) salarukkha J v.416 ; see also thitakappig Pug
13. -tthitika id. DhA 1.50 (vera) ; Miln 108 (kammar)).
("sabbe pi magga-samangino puggala thita kappino.")
-tthiya- = prec. A v.75 ; J 1.172, 213; v.33 ; Miln 109,
214. °rukkha the tree that lasts for a kappa, ref. to
the cittapatali, the pied trumpet-tree in the abode of the
Asnras J 1.202 ; -nibbatta originated at the beginning
of the k. (appl. to the flames of purgatory) J v.272 ;
•pariat^ the evolution of a k ; the end of the world
Dpvs 1.59; -padapa=°rukkha Mhbv 2; -rukkha a
wishing tree, magical tree, fulfilling all wishes ; sometimes
fig. J VI. 117, 594 ; Vism 206 ; PvA 75, 176, 121 ;
VvA 32 (where comb'' with cintamapi) ; DhA rv.208
-lata a creeper like the kappanikkha VvA 12 ; -vinasaka
(scil. aggi) : the fire consuming the world at the end of
a k. Vism 414 sq. ; (mahamegho) DhA 111.362 ; -samana
an ascetic ace. to precepts, an earnest ascetic J vi.60
(cp. samaoa-kappa) ; -halahala " the k-uproar,'" the uproar
near the end of a kalpa J 1.47.
Kappaka [fr. k)p, kappeti] a barber, hairdresser, also
attendant to the king ; his other function (of preparing
baths) is expressed in the term nahapaka (Pv 11.9") or
nahapita (°a ?) (DA 1.157) Vin. 1.344; "182; D 1.51
( = DA 1. 1 57, in list of various occupations) ; J 1.60, 137 ;
in.315 ; Pv 11.9" ; iii.i* (where expl. by nahapita in the
meaning of "bathed," cp. expl. ad i.ic*) DhA 1.85
("vesa disguise of a barber), 342 (pasadhana° one who
arranges the dress, etc., hairdresser).
-jitika belonging to or reborn in the barber class, in
this sense representing a low. " black" birth PvA 176.
Kappata [kad-pata=ku-pata] a dirty, old rag, torn garment
(of a bhikkhu) Th 1.199.
Kappatt (f.) [abstr. fr. kappa] fitness, suitability DA 1.207.
Kappati [Pass, of kappeti, cp. Sk. kalpyate] to be fit,
seeming, proper, with dat. of person D 11. 162; Vin
11.263, 294 ; 111.36 ; Th 1.488 ; Mhvg 4. II ; 15, 16.
Kappaaa (nt.) [fr. kappeti, cp. Sk. kalpana] the act of
preparing, fixing ; that which is fixed, arranged, performed.
1 . kappana (f.) the fixing of a horse's harness,
harnessing, saddling J 1.62 — ; 2. (nt.) (— °) procuring,
making : jivika" ; a livelihood J 111.32 ; putting into
order; danta" J 1.321; — 3. (adj.) (— °) trimmed,
arranged with :
nanaratana° VvA 35.
Kappara [cp. Sk. kOrpara] the elbow Vin iii.i2i«iv^3i
206.
J 1.293 ; 297 i DhA 1.48. 394 ; VvA
ffarplia [cp. Sk. karp3sa] i. the silk-cotton tree J iu.386;
VI. 336. — 2. cotton D II. 141; A U1.295 ; S v.284;
J 1.350; vt.41 ; comb. w. uriQa A 111.37= iv.265"i268.
-afthi a cotton seed DhA 111.71 ; -pa^ala the film of
the cotton seed Vism 446 ; Bdhd 66 ; -picu cotton
S V.284 ; J v. no, 343; VI. 184 : -majra made of cotton
PvA 77.
Kappifika (adj.) made of cotton D 11. 188, cp. A rv.394 ;
D II. 351 ; Vin 1.58 = 97=281 ; J vi.590 ; Pv 11. 1". (nt)
cotton stuff Miln 267.
-panna the leaf of the cotton tree, used medicinally