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Kama
most marked application in the sphere ot the sexual
kamesu micchacSrin, transgressing in lusts, sinning in
the lusts of the flesh, or violating the third rule of conduct
equivalent to abrahmicariya, inchastity (see sila)
Pug 3°- 39 ; It ^i- ^''-- itthi-kimehi pariCcU-eti " he
enjoys himself with the charms of woman " S iv.343.
Kimesu brahmicariyava practising chastity Sn 104 1.
KimatthS for sextMl amusement A 111.229.
Redemption from k^ma is to be efiected by selfcontrol
(saTjyama) and meditation {jhahta), by knowledge,
right effort and renunciation. " To give up
passion " as a practice of him who wishes to enter on
pahSnai), kJma-
the Path is expressed l>y : kiminag
sailiianat) piriflaa, kimi-pipasanag-pativinayo, kilmavitaVkinat)
samugghato kimi-parilahinai) vupasamo
Vin lil.iii ; -kamesu (ca) appafibaddhacitto " uddhai)soto
" ti vuccati : he whose mind is not in the bonds of
desire is called " one who is above the stream " Dh 218 ;
cp. Th 2, 12 — ; tasmi jantu sadi sato kclm&ni parivajjaye
Sn 771;— yokSrae parivajjeti Sn 768=Nett 69.
— nikkhamma ghara panujja kime Sn 359; — ye ca
k^me pari&a&ya caranti akutobhay& te ve pSragati
loke ye patta Ssavakkhayai) A 111.69. — K£m&nat)
piritihv} p&SiUpeti Gotamo M 1.84 ; cp. A v.64
klme pijahati : S 1.12=31; Sn 704; k&manai) vippah(na
S t.47r—'ye kame hitva agiha caranti Sn 464;
— kimi nirujjhanti (through jhina) A iv.410 ; kkme
k&mesu anapekkhin
pamidati Dh 383=8 1.15 (context broken), cp. kamasukhat]
analaqkaritva Sn 59 ; —
Sn 166 = ^ 1. 16 (abbrev.); S 11.281 ; Sn 857; — cp.
rSgat) vinayetha . . . Sn 361. vivicc' eva kAmebi,
aloof irom sensuous joys is the prescription lor all
Jhlna-exercise.
Applications of these expressions :—kamesu palaiita
A 111.5 : k&raesn mocchita S 1.74 ; kamSlaye asatta
S 1.33; kamesu kathat) nameyya S 1.117; kamesu
anikllitivin S 1.9 (cp. kela) ; kittassa munino carato
kamesu asaflSata
yo na lippati kimesu tam ahai) brumi
Muni santivado agiddho kSme
kamesu giddha D 111.107 ;
na so rajjaii
kamanai) vasam upagamum Sn 315
(=kamanai) asattatai) papuniijsu SnA 325); kame
parivajjeti Sn 768, kame anugijjhati Sn 769.
Character of Kama. The pleasures of the senses are
evanescent, transient (sabbe kama anicca, etc. A 11.177),
kamesu anapekhino oghatiij^assa pihayanti kamesu
gathitd paja Sn 823 (gadhita Nd*) ; —
Sn 243 ; —
brahmaijiar) Dh 401 ; —
ca loke ca anQpalitto Sn 845 ;
Sn 774 ; kamesu gedhai) apajjati S 1.73 — ;
kamesu Sn 161 ; —
and of no real taste (appasada) ; they do not give
permanent satisfaction ; the happiness which they yield
is only a deception, or a dream, from which the dreamer
awakens with sorrow and regret. Therefore the Buddha
says " Even though the pleasure is great, the regret is
greater : adinavo ettha bhiyyo " (see k-sukha). Thus
kama as kalika (needing time) S 1.9. 117 ; anicca (transitory)
S 1.22 ; kama citra madhura " pleasures are
manifold and sweet " (i. e. tasty) Sn 50 ; but also
appassada bahudukkha bahupayasa : quot. M 1.9 1 ;
see Nd* 71. Another pjissage with var. descriptions
and comparisons of kama, beginning with app' assada
dukkha kama is found at J iv.118. -atittaT) yeva
kamesu antako kurute vasai) Dh 48 ; —
na kahapana-
vassena titti kamesu vijjati appasada dukkha kama iti
viiiaaya paQ^ito " not for showers of coins is satisfaction
to be found in pleasures—of no taste and full of
misery are pleasures : thus say the wise and they understand
" Dh 186; cp. M 1. 130 ; Vin 11.25 (cp- Divy 224).
— Kamato jayati soko kamato jayati bhayarj kamato
vippamuttassa n'atthi soko kutobhayan ti " of pleasure
is born sorrow, of pleasure is bom fear" Dh 215.
Kamanam adhivacanani, attributes of kama are
bhaya, dukkha, roga, ganda, salla, sanga, panka, gabbha
A IV.289 ; Nd*
p. 62 on Sn 51 ; same, except salla &
gabbha: A in.310. The misery of such pleasures is
painted in vivid colours in the Buddha's discourse on
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Kama
pains of pleasures M 1.85 and parallel passages (see
e. g. Nd' 199), how kama is the cause of egoism, avarice,
quarrels between kings, nations, families, how it leads
to warfare, murder, lasciviousness, torture and madness.
Kaminag adinavo 'the danger of passions) M 1.85 sq.
= Nd' 199, quot. SnA 1 14 (on Sn 61) ; as one of the five
anupubbikathas : K" adinavai) okarag sagkilesai)
A IV. 186, 209, 439 ; — they are the leaders in the army
of Mara : kama te pathama sena Sn 436 ; — yo evamvadi
. . . n'atthi kamesu doso ti so kamesu patavyatai)
apajjati A 1.266 =M 1.305 sq.
Similes.—In the foil, passage (following on appassida
bahudukkha, etc.) the pleasures of the senses are
likened to: (1) atthi-kankhala, a chain of bones; —
(3) tip'-
— (2) marjsapesa, a piece of (decaying) flesh ;
ukka, a torch of grass ; (4) angara-kasu, a pit of glowing
cinders — ; (5) supina, a dream ; (6) yScita, beggings ;
— (7) rukkha-phala, the fruit of a tree ; — (8) asisiina,
a slaughter-house ; — (9) satti-sula, a sharp
stake; — (10) sappa-sira, a snake's head, i. e. the bite
of a snake at Vin 11.25 ; M 1.130 ; A 111.97 (where atthisankhala);
Nd' 71 (leaving out No. 10). Out of this
list are taken single quotations of No. 4 at D 111.283
A iv.224=v.i75 ; No. 5 at DhA 111.240; No. 8 at
M 1.144; No. 9 at S 1.128 =Th 2, 58 & 141 (with
khandhknai) for khandhasar)) ; No. 10 as asivisa (poisonous
fangs of a snake) yesu mucchita baia Th 2, 451, and
several at many other places of the Canon.
Cases used adverbially :— ^kamai) ace. cis adv. (a)
yatha kamar) according to inclination, at will, as much
as one chooses S 1.227 : J i-203 ; PvA 63, 113, 176 ; yena
kamar) wherever he likes, just as he pleases A iv.194
Vv i.i' (:=icchanurupai) VvA 11) — (b) willingly,
gladly, let it be that, usually with imper. S 1.222 ;
J 1.233 ; III. 147 ; IV. 273 ; VvA 95 ; kamar) taco naharu
ca atthi ca avasissatu (avasnssatu in J) sarire upasussatu
maT|sa-lohitar) " willingly shall skin, sinews and
bone remain, whilst flesh and blood shall wither in the
body " M 1. 481 ; A 1.50 ; S 11.28 ; J 1.71, no ; -kamasi
(instr.) in same sense J iv.320 ; vi.181 ; -kamena (instr.)
do. J V.222, 226 ; -kama for the love of, longing
after (often with hi) J 111-^66; iv.285, 365; v. 294;
VI. 563, 589 ; cp. Mhv 111.18, 467. -akama unwillingly
D 1.94 ; J VI. 506 ; involuntarily J v. 237.
°kaina (adj.) desiring, striving after, fond of, pursuing,
in kama-kama pleasure-loving Sn 239 (kame kamayanto
SnA 284) ; Dh 83 (cp. on this passage Morris,
J.P.T.S. 1893. 39-41); same expl" as prec. at DhA
II. 1 56; Th 2, 506. — atthakama well-wishing, desirous
of good, benevolent J 1.241 ; V.504 (anukampaka +);
sic lege for attakamarupa, M 1.205. 111,155, cf. S i.44
with ib. 75 ; A 11.2 1 ; Pv IV.3" ; VvA 1 1 (in quotation)
PvA 25,112; manakama proud S 1.4 ; labhakama fond of
taking grasping, selfish A 11.240 ; diisetu° desiring to
;
molest Vin iv.212 ; dhamma" Sn 92 ; pasai)sa° Sn 825.
So frequently in comb. w. inf., meaning, willing to.
wishing to, going to, desirous of : jivitu", amaritu",
datu°, datthu°, dassana", katu°, pattu", netu°, gantu°,
bhojetu", etc. -sakama (-adj.) willing J v.295. -akam*
I. not desiring, i. e. unwilling: M 11. 181 ; mayhai)
akamaya against my wish ( = mama anicchantiya) Pv
11.10^, J V.12I, 183, etc. 2. without desire, desireless,
passionless Sn 445. -nikkama same Sn 1 3 1
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-agga (nt.) the greatest pleasure, intense enjoyment
Vv 16' (=VvA 79, attributed to the Paranim-
M 11.43 ;
mita-vasavattino-deva) ; -aggi the fire of passion J
V.487 ; •ajjhosana (nt.) attachment to lust and desire.
No. 10 in kamacchanda series (see above) ; -Adhikarana
having its cause in desire M 1.85 ; S 1.74 ; -ftdhimutta.
bent upon the enjoyment of sensual pleasures A iii. 168 ;
pursuing worldly pleasures J 11. 1 1 7 ;
J VI. 1 59 ; -Anusarin -ondha blinded by passion Ud 76 = Th i, 297 ;- Abhibhu
overcoming pjissions, Ep. of the Buddha D 11.274;
-Abhimukha bent upon lust, voluptuous PvA 3 ; -Avacara
" having its province in kama." belonging to the