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Kama 33 Kama
realm of sensuous pleasures. This term applies to the
eleven grades o£ beings who are stiU under the influence
of sensual desires and pleasures, as well as to all thoughts
and conditions arising in this sphere of sensuous experience
D 1.34 (of the soul, expH DA 120 : cha k°-devapariyapanna)
; J 1.47; Dhs i, 431 ; Ps i, 84, 85, loi ;
Vbh 324 ; Vism 88, 372, 452 (rupa°. arQpa°, lokuttara).
493 (of indriyas); 574; I
PvA I
I highest
PvA 138. -kamma an action
causing rebirth in the six kama-worlds Dhs 4 14, 418,
431 ; -devoid PvA 138 ( + brahmadevata) and -deva the
gods of the pleasure-heavens J 1.47 ; v. 5 ; vi.99 ; Vism
392 ; or of the kamdvacara-devaloka J vi.586, -bhumi
and -loka the plane or world of kama Ps 1.83 ; J vi.99 ;
see also avacara ; -&vacaraka belonging to the realm of
kama J vi.99 ; Sdhp 2 54(°ika); -assada the relish of
sensual pleasures PvA 262 ; DA 1.89, 311; -atura affected
by passion, love-sick J 111.17c ; •arama pleasure-loving
A IV.43S (gihi k-bhogi, "rata, °sammudita) ; -al ya, the
abode of sensual pleasure (i. e. kama-loka) S 1.33 = Sn
1 77 ; Sn 306 ; -avafta the whirlpool of sensuality J
11.330 ; -asava the intoxication of passion, sensuality,
lusts ; def . as k^mesu kama-chando, etc. (see above
k-chando) Vbh 364, 374 ; Dhs 1097 ; as the first of four
impurities, viz. k°, bhava", ditthi", avijja° at Vin 111.5
(the detachment from which constitutes Arabantship)
Vbh 373; Dhs 1096, 1448; as three (prec. without
ditthi°) at It 49 ; Vbh 364 ; cp. D 1.84 ; 11.81 ; 111.2 16 ;
M 1.7 ; -itthi a pleasure-woman, a concubine Vin 1.36
J 1.83 ; V.490 ; VI. 220 ; -upabhoga the
; -upadana clinging
enjoyment of
to sensuaUty.
pleasures VvA 79
arising from ta^ha, as k° ditthi° silabbata", attavada"
D III. 230 ; M 1. 51 ; Vbh 136, 375 ; Vism 569 ; -fipapatti
existence or rebirth in the sensuous universe. These
(i) PaccupaUbita-kama (including mankind,
are three :
four lowest devalokas, Asuras, Petas and animals),
(2) NimmSna-ratino deva, (3) Paranimmita-vasavattino
deva D 111.218; It 94. -upasaghita endowed with
pleasantness : in formula rupa (sadda, etc.) ittha
kanta raanapa piyariipa k° rajaniya " forms (sounds,
etc.=any object of sense), desirable, lovely, agreeable,
pleasant, endowed with pleasantness, prompting
desires" D 1.245 =M 1.85; 504; D 11.265; M 111.267
VvA 127. -esana the craving for pleasure. There are
three esan^ : kama°, bhava", brahmacariya" D 111.216
270 ; A 11.42 ; Vbh 366 ; It 48 ; S v.54 ; -ogha the flood
of sensual desires A 111.69; D in. 230, 276; Vbh 375;
Vism 141; DhsA 166; Nd* 178 (viz. kam°. bhav°,
ditth°, avijj°). -kanfaka the sting of lust Ud 27;
-kara the fulfilment of one's desires J v.370 ( = kamakiriya)
-karaniya in yatha" papimato the puppet of
the wicked (lit. one with whom one can do as one likes)
M 1.173 ; It 56 ; -kalala the mud of passions J 111.293 ;
-kara the fulfilment of desires Sn 351 =Th 1, 1271 ;
-karin acting according to one's own inclination Th 1
971 ; or acting willingly DA 1.71 ; -kotthasa a constituent
of sensual pleasure ( = kamaguija) J in. 382 ; v.149;
DA 1. 12 1 ; PvA 205 ; -kopa the fury of passion Th i, 671 ;
-gavesin, pleasure-seeking Dh 99=Th i, 992. -gijjha
J 1.210 and -giddha greedy for pleasure, craving for
love J III. 432 ; V.256 ; vi.245 ; -giddhima, same J vi.525.
-giddhin f. °ini same Mhvs VI.3. -guna (pi.) always as
patica : the five strands of sensual pleasures, viz., the
pleasures which are to be enjoyed by means of the five
senses ; collectively all sensual pleasures. Def. as
cakkhuviiiiieyya rupa, etc. A in. 411 ; D 1.245 ; 11. 271 ;
III. 131, 234; Nd' s. v.; Ps 1129; as manapiyehi rupS-
dlhi pancahi kama-kottb^etu bandhanehi va DA 1.121,
manusaki and
where it is also divided into two groups :
dibba. As constituents of kamaraga at Nett 28 ; as
vana (desire) Nett 81. — In the popular view they are
also to be enjoyed in " heaven " : saggai) lokag upapajjissami
tattha dibbehi paiicahi k-gupehi samappito
samangibhijto paricaressami ti Vin in. 72 ; mentioned
as pleasures in Nandana S 1.5 ; M 1.505 ; A 111.40, iv. 1 1 8 ;
in various other connections S iv.202 ; Vv 30' ; Pv in. 7'
(°ehi sobfaasi ; expl. PvA 305 by k^ma-kotthSsebi)
58 (paricSrenti) ; cp. also k&ma-kSmin. As the
joys of this earth they are the share of men of
good fortune, like kingS, etc. (n^inQsak& k° gui)a)
S V.409 ; A V.272, but the same passage with " dibbehi
paficahi k°-guQehi samappita ..." also refers to
earthly pleasures, e. g. S 1.79, 80 (of kings) ; S v. 342 (of
a Cakkavatti) ; A 11.125 ; '^.55, 239 ; v.203 ; of the soul
D 1.36 ; Vbh ; 379 other passages simply quoting k-g°
as worldly pleasures are e. g. S i.i6 = Sn 171 ; S 1.92 ;
1.60, 104;
D IV. 196, 326; A 111.69 (itthirupasmig) ;
Sdhp 261. In the estimation of the early Buddhists,
however, this bundle of pleasures is to be banned from
the thought of every earnest striver after perfection
their critique of the kamaguQ& begins with " pafic' ime
bhikkhave k3.maguQ^ ..." and is found at various
places, e. g. in full at M 1.85 =Nd" s. v. ; M 1.454 ; "42 ;
III. 1 14 ; quoted at M 1.92 ; A 111.411 ; iv.415, 430, 449,
458. Other expressions voicing the same view are
gedho paficannai) k'-gupSnai) adhivacanai) A 111.312 sq.
asisuna . . . adhivac° M 1.144: nivapo .
. . adhivac°
M. 1.155; sAvatto • • • adhivac" It 114. In connection
w. rata & giddha PvA 3 ; paMna M in. 295 gathita ; &
mucchita M 1.173; °^* t^ kSmagupe bhamassu cittag
" Let not thy heart roam in the fivefold pleasures "
Dh 371 ; cittassa vossaggo Vbh 370 ; asantuttba Vbh
350. See also Sn 50, 51, 171, 284, 337. -gunika consisting
of fivefold desire, appl. to raga S n.99 ; J iv.220 ;
Dhs A.371 ; -gedha a craving for pleasure S i.ioo;
ThA 225; -cagin he who has abandoned lusts Sn 719.
-dtla impure thought J 11.2 14 ; -chanda excitement of
sensual pleasure, grouped as the first of the series of
five obstacles (panca nivaraijani) D 1.156, 246; 111.234,
278; A 1.231 ; rv.457 ; A i.i34 = Sn 1106; S 1.99; v.64
Bdhd 72, 96, 130 ; Nd* 200, 420A. Also as the first in
the series of ten fetters (sagyojanani) which are given
above (p. 31) as synonyms of kilma. Enumerated
under i-io at Nd* 200 as eight in order ; i, 2, 3. 4. 5,
7, 9, 10 (omitting pipasa and gedha) Vbh 364 ; Dhs 1 1 14(
1153 ; Nd^ ad chandarSga and bhavachanda; in order:
as nine (like above,
as five in
•2. 3. 5. 9. 6, 7, 10, 4 at A 11.10 ; —
omitting gedha) at Vbh 374 ; Dhs 1097 — ;
order: 1, 5, 9, 6, 7, (cp. above passage A ii.io) at M
1. 241 — ; as four in order : i, 5. 9, 7 at S 1V.18S — ; as
six nivaravas (5 + avijja) at Dhs 1170, i486. See also
D 1.246 ; 111.234, 269 ; Ps 1. 103, 108 ; 11.22, 26. 44, 169
Vism 141 ; Sdhp 459 ; -jala the net of desires Th i, 355 ;
-tanha thirst after sensual pleasures ; the first of the
three taphas, viz. kama°, bhava", vibhava° D 111.216,
275 ; It 50 ; Vbh 365 (where defined as kSmadhatujappa-
patisagyutto rago) ; Dhs 1059, 1136 (cp. tapha :
pj^sage) ; as the three tapha, viz. ponobbhavikS , nandi-
raga-sahagata, tatratatr' abhinandini at Vin 1.10 =
Vbh 101 ; as k-taijhahi khajjamano k-pari|ahena pari-
(Jayhamano M 1.504. See also D 11.308; S 1.131;
A 11.11; Th 2, 140; J 11.311; V.451 ; Miln 318. -d»
granting desires, bestowing objects of pleasure and
deUght ; Ep. of Yakkhas and of Vessantara (cp. the
good fairy) J 'vi.498, 525; Mhvs 19, 9; as sabba" Pv
ii.i3»; .dada=prec. Pv 11.9"; PvA 112 ; J vi.508 ; of a
stone Miln 243, 252 ; of Nibbana Miln 321 ; Kh viii.io :
esa devamanussanag sabbakamadado nidhi " this is the
treasure which gives all pleasures to gods and men " ;
-dukkha the pain of sensual pleasures J iv.118 ; -duba
granting wishes, like a cow giving milk J v. 33 • vi.214 ;
f° duha the cow of plenty J iv.20 ; •dhatu " element of
desire." i. e. i. the world of desire, that sphere of existence
in which beings are still in the bonds of sensuaUty.
extending from the Avici-niraya to the heaven of the
Paranimmita-vasavatti-devas S 11. 151 ; Th i, 181 ; also
2. sensual pleasures, desires, of which there are six
dhatus, viz. kama', vyapSda, vihigsa". nekkhanuna°,
avyapada", avihigsS". Vbh 86; Nett 97; D 111.215 =
Vbh 363 (as the first three = akusaladhitus) ; Vbh 404.
486 (cp.
See also D 111.275 ; Th 1, 378 ; J v.454 ; Vism
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