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Kamboji i8 Kamma
Kamboji (m., nt.) [meaning fc etym. unexpl"*] the plant
Cassia tpra or alata J 111.223 (°gumba = elagalagumba;
vv. U. kammoja" & tampo" [for kambo°]).
ITainiT^n (nt.) [\'edic karman, work esp. sacrificial process.
For ending °man=Idg. *men cp. Sk. dhaman = Gr.
lijlia, Sk. n5man = Lat nomen] the doing, deed, work;
orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit.
ktlrti, Opr. kura to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in
malJkamma and lata" " the intertwining of garlands
and creepers " ; also in kamma-kara possibly orig.
employed in weaving, i. e. serving) ; cp. Lat. texo, to
weave=Sk. taksan builder, artisan, & Ger. wirken,
orig. weben. Grammatically karman has in Pali
almost altogether passed into the -a decl., the cons,
forms for instr. & abl. kamma and kammana gen. dat.
kammuno, are rare. The nom. pi. is both kamma and
kammani.
1. Crude meaning, i. (lit.) Acting in a special sense,
i. e. office, occupation, doing, action, profession. Two
kinds are given at Vin iv.6. viz. low (hina) & high
(ukkattha) professions. To the former belong the
kammani of a kofthaka and a pupphacchaddaka, to the
latter belong vanijja and gorakkha.—Kamma as a
profession or business is regarded as a hindrance to the
religious life, & is counted among the ten obstacles (see
palibodha). In this sense it is at Vism 94 expl'' by
navakamma (see below 2a).—kassa° ploughing, occu-
kumbhakara" pro-
pation of a ploughman Vism 284 ;
fession of a potter J vi.372 ; tunna° weaving \ ism 122 ;
PvA 161. purohita° office of a high-priest (=abstr.
n. porohiccar)) SnA 466; vanija" trade Sasv. 40.-—kammana
by profession Sn 650, 651 ; kammani (pi.) x>ccupations
Sn 263= Kh v. 6 (anavajjani k. = an5kula
kammanta Sn 262). parcsar) k'l) katva doing other
people's work = being a servant VvA 299; sa° pasuta
bent upon their own occupations D 1.135, cp. attano
k°- kubbanar) Dh 217. kamma-karaija-sala work-room
(here: weaving shed) PvA 120.
2. Acting in general, action, deed, doing (nearly
always — ") (a) (active) act, deed, job, often to be ren-
dered by the special verb befitting the special action,
like civara° mending the cloak VvA 250 ; uposatha°
observing the Sabbath Vbh 422 ; nava° making new,
renovating, repairing, patching Vin ii.iig, 159 ("karoti
to make repairs) ; J 1.92 : Vism 94, adj. navakammika
one occupied with repairs Vin 11.15 : S 1.179 patthita°
;
the desired action (i. e. sexual intercourse) DhA 11.49 ;
kammai) karoti to be active or in working, to act
nJgo padehi k.k. the elephant works with his feet
M 1.414 ; kate° the job done by the thieves DhA 11. 38
(corehi), as adj. kata° cora (& akata °cora) a thief who
has finished his deed (& one who has not) Vism 180,
also in special sense: occasion for action or work, i. e.
necessity, purpose: ukkiya kammai) n'atthi, the torch
does not work, is no good Vism 428. (b) (passive) the
act of being done ( "). anything done (in its result),
work, often as collect, abstr (to be trsl"". by E. ending
-ing) ; apaccakkha" not being aware, deception Vbh 85 ;
dalhr strengthening, increase Vbh 357, Vism 122 ;
citta" variegated work, mala" garlands, lata" creeper
(work) Vism 108 ; nama° naming Bdhd 83 ; panha°
questioning, " questionnaire " Vism 6. — So in definitions
nitthuriya° = nitthuriya Vbh 357; nimitta'' =
nimitta, obhasa"' = obh5sa (apparition > appearing) Vbh
.15.5- — (c) (intrs.) making, getting, act, process (-°).
Often trsl. as abstr. n. with ending -ion or -ment, e. g.
okasa° opportunity of speaking, giving an audience
Sn p. 94 ; patu° making clear, manifestation DhA
IV. 1 98 anavi°, anuttini" concealment Vbh 358; kata°
(adj.) one who has done the act or process, gone through
the experience SnA 355 ; afijali", samici" veneration,
honouring (in formula with nipaccakSra abhivadana paccutthSna)
D in. 83 («Vin n.162, 255) ; A 1.123 ; 11. 180 ;
1. 218, 219.
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3. (Specialised) an " act " in an ecclesiastical sense;
proceedings, ceremony, performed by a lawfully constituted
chapter of bhikkhus Vin 1.49, 53, 144, 318 ; H.70,
93 ; v.220sq. ; Khus/.P.r.5. 1883, 101. At these formal
functions a motion is put before the assembly and the
announcement of it is called the iiatti Vin 1.56, after which
the bhikkhus are asked whether they approve of the
motion or not. li this question is put once, it is a
iiattidutiyakamma Vin 11.89 ; if put three times, a
ilatticatuttha" Vin 1.50 (cp. Vin. Texts 1.169 n^).
There are 6 kinds of official acts the Sangha can perform
: see Vin 1.317 sq. ; for the rules about the validity
of these ecclesiastical functions see Vin 1.3 12-333 {^P-
Vin T. 11.256-285). The most important ecclesiastical
acts are : apalokanakamma, ukkhepaniya" uposatha"
tajjaniya" tassapapiyyasika" nissaya", patifliiakaraniya°,
patipucchakaraniya" pafisaraniya" pabbSjaniya",
sammukhakaraijlya°. — In this sense : kammag karoti
(w. gen.) to take proceedings against Vin 1.49, 143, 317 ;
11.83, 260 ; kammai) garahati to find fault with proceedings
gone through Vin 11.5 ; kammar) patippassambheti
to revoke official proceedings against a
bhikkhu Vin 111.145.
4. In cpds. : fldhit^hayaka superintendent of work,
inspector Mhvs 5, 1 74 ; 30, 98 ; -Adhipateyya one whose
supremacy is action Miln 288 ; -arambha commencement
of an undertaking Mhvs 28, 2 1 ; -ftraha (a) entitled
to take part in the performance of an " act " Vin iv.i53 ;
V.221; -arama (a) delighting in activity D 11.77; A
IV. 22 ; It 71, 79 ; -aramata taking pleasure in (worldly)
activity D ii.78 = A iv.22, cp. Vbh 381 ; A in. 116, 173,
293 sq., 330, 449; IV.22 sq., 331 ; v. 163; It 71 ; Avadana
a tale of heroic deeds J vi.295 ; -kara or °kara
used indiscriminately. 1. (adj.) doing work, or active,
in puriso daso-f pubbutthSyi "willing to work"
D 1.60 et sim. ( = I)A 1.1(38; analaso). A 1145; 11.67;
Vv 75*; 2. (n.) a workman, a servant (a weaver ?)
usually in form dasa ti va pessa ti v5 kammakara ti vi
Vin 1.243; I-* 1.141 = Pug 56 (also °kara) ; A 11.208;
III. 77, 172; Th 2, 340; J 1.57. Also as dasa pessa
k"kara A 111.37= iv. 265, 393. *"d dasa k° kara Vin
1. 240, 272; n.154; D 111.191; S 1.92:— a handyman
J 1.239; Miln 378; (f) -5 a female servant Vin 11.267;
°kara Vin iv.224, kari Dhs A98 = VvA 73 (appl. to a
wife); -karana i. working, labour, service J 111.219;
FvA 120 ; DA 1.168; 2. the effects of karma J 1.146;
-karana and karai;ia see below ; -kama liking work,
industrious; a° lazy A iv.93=J 11.348; -karaka a
workman, a servant DA 1.8 ; Mhvs 3(1, 42 ; Nd^ 427 ;
a sailor J iv.139 ; -garu bent on work Miln 288 ; -ccheda
the interruption of work J 1.149; 246; 111.270; -jata
sort of action J v. 24 (=kammam eva) ; -dhura (ra. nt.)
draught-work J 1.196; -dhejrya work to be performed,
-dhoreyya "fit to
duty A IV. 285 = 325; cp. 3 VI. 297 ;
bear the burden of action " Miln 288 (cp. Mil. trsl.
II. 1 40); -niketava having action as one's house or
temple ibid. ; -nipphadana accomplishing the business
] VI. 1 62 ; -ppatta entitled to take part in an eccles.
act Vin 1.318; v.221; -bahula abounding in action
(appl. to the world of men) Miln ; 7 -mula the price of
the transaction Miln 334 ; -rata delighting in business
D 11.78 ; It 71 ; -vatthu objects, items of an act Vin
V.116 ; -vaca the te.\t or word of an official Act. These
texts form some of the oldest literature and are embodied
in the Vinaya (cp. Vin 1.317 sq. ; 111.174, '76:
IV. 1 53, etc.). The number of officially recognized k°
is eleven, see J.P.T.S. 1882, 1888, i'896,
karoti to carry out an official Act Mhvs 5,
1907: k°o
207 ; DhsA
399 ; "°D anussiveti to proclaim a k°, to put a resolution
to a chapter of bhikkhus Vin 1.317; -vossagga difiercnce
of occupation J vi.216; -sajja (a) "ready for
action," i. e. for battle J v. 232 ; -saduta " agreeableness
to work" DhsA 151 (cp. kammannata & kamyata)
-samin " a master in action," an active man Miln 288
-sippi an artisan VvA 278 ; -sHa one whose habit it is
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