“making an end”, a designation of the god of death, identified with Mārā.

…Dhp.288 (= maraṇa Dhp-a.iii.434).

Vedic antaka

…of Nandamātā of Velukantaka and she was visited both by Sāriputta and by Moggallāna during a tour in the district. AN.iv.64 In…

kasivantākapīvantā

A city to the north of Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201

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Kaṇṭaka Kaṇḍaka

A novice ordained by Upananda. Kaṇṭaka committed an offence with another novice, Mahaka. When this became known, a rule was passed that no monk should ordain two novices Vin.i.79 ; th …

KaṇṭakāKaṇḍakā

A nun who was guilty of unchastity with the novice Kaṇṭaka. Vin.i.85

MāraNamuciKaṇhaAdhipatiAntakaPamattabandhuPāpimā

Generally regarded as the personification of Death, the Evil One, the Tempter. Sometimes known…

free from thorns; free from obstacles; free from rebels or bandits

endless.

putting an end (to, gen.)

who theorizes about the future

tooth stick (used to clean the teeth)

an artisan in ivory; an ivory-worker.

an ivory colored robe.

the neighborhood of a village; a village.

kaṇṭaka¹

m. & neuter

1. a point; a thorn, a prickle; a spike.
2. an annoyance, obstacle, impediment.

kaṇṭaka²

m. & neuter thorny; with a rough stalk.

clump of thorns; a thorny place

clump or hedge of thorns

(prob.) having a “thorny” way of life

thorny place, an area of thorn

headrest or bolster of thorns

(one) who likes on a bolster or bed of thorns

dirty or ragged cloth; a rag.

wearing rags.

wearing rags.

with impurity and delusion got rid of.

free from obstacles; free from sedition

peg; a hook.

containing thorns or bones; thorny, spiked; infested with bandits or rebels

thread?; a loom?

who has gone to another sect; apostate.

arranged in a shape of a fan.

disease (of animals)

the name or description of a type of chair

Ākāsa: ‘space’, is, according to Com., of two kinds: 1. limited space paricchinnākāsa or paricchedākāsa, 2. endless space anantākāsa, i.e. cosmic space.

1. Limited space, under th …

…Thus anantaka (for ā-nantaka = nantaka) Vv.80#7; amajjapa (for ā-majjapa = majjapa) Ja.vi.328; amāpaya (for…

…Snp.512; Dhp.275, cp. antakara, ˚kiriyā
■ loc. ante at the end of, immediately after Ja.i.203 (vijay˚). 2. limit, border edge…

adjective reclining on, in kaṇṭaka˚; one who lies on a bed of thorns (see kaṇṭaka) MN.i.78; Ja.iv.299 (v. l, kaṇḍikesayika); Pp.55.

fr. apassaya; cp. Sk. apāśrayin-˚

Aṇḍaka¹

neuter = aṇḍa, egg Dhp-a.i.60; Dhp-a.iii.137 (sakuṇ˚).

Aṇḍaka²

adjective only used of vācā speech: harsh, rough, insolent MN.i.286; AN.v.265, AN.v.283 AN.v.293 (glos …

an artist who works in ivory Ja.vi.261 (Com: dantakāra); Mil.331.

pin of tooth or ivory; makara˚; the tooth of a sword-fish Vin.ii.113, Vin.ii.117; Vin.iv.47. See details under makara.

adjective noun (adj.) holding, containing (-˚) MN.i.11 (ahi kaṇṭaka˚; cp ādhāna & kaṇṭaka)
■ (n.) nt. a receptacle Dhp.58 (sankāra˚ dust-heap = ṭhāna Dhp-a.i.445). f. dhānī a seat (= ṭhāna), in …

… ■ dukkhass’ antakaro hoti MN.i.48; AN.iii.400 sq.; Iti.18 antakarā bhavāmase Snp.32; antaṃ karissanti Satthu sāsana-kārino…

Dāya¹

wood jungle, forest; a grove Vin.i.10 (miga˚), Vin.i.15, Vin.i.350; Vin.ii.138; SN.ii.152 (tiṇa˚); SN.iv.189 (bahukaṇṭaka d. = jungle) AN.v.337 (tiṇa˚); Ja.iii.274; Ja.vi.278. See al …

, f.) a cow, an ox, bull, pl. cattle. For f. cp gāvī; see also *gava*˚ for cpds
■ Sg. nom. go (Snp.580 also in composition, cp. aja-go-mahisādi Pv-a.80 = pasū) gen. gavassa (MN.i. …

the chameleon Ja.i.442, Ja.i.487; Ja.ii.63; Ja.vi.346; Vv-a.258.

…by crabs, Dhs-a.270.

• -yantaka a ladder with hooks at one end for fastening it to a wall, Mhvs.ix.17. *…

1. bronze Mil.2 magnified by late commentators occasionally into silver or gold. Thus Ja.vi.504 (silver) and Ja.i.338; Ja.iv.107 Ja.vi.509 (gold), considered more suitable to a fairy king
2. a bronze …

1. a thorn Snp.845; Vin.i.188; Ja.v.102 Ja.vi.105 (in description of the Vetaraṇī); cp. kusa˚
2. any instrument with a sharp point Sdhp.201.
3. a bone, fish-bone Ja.i.222; in piṭṭhi˚; a bone of the …

Kaṇṭhaka¹

thorn, see kaṇṭaka.

Kaṇṭhaka²

Name of Gotama’s horse, on which he left his father’s palace Mhbv.25; spelt kanthaka at Ja.i.54, Ja.i.62 sq.

…the teeth Ja.i.161
■ santakaṃ kh to consume one’s property Dhs-a.135
■ of beasts, e.g. Snp.201, Snp.675
pot khādeyya Ja.iii.26 …

stump (of a tree), a stake. Often used in description of uneven roads; together with kaṇṭaka thorns AN.i.35; AN.iii.389; Vism.261 (˚paharaṇ’ aggi), Vism.342 (˚magga); Snp-a.334 …

adjective having sticks or stumps (as obstacles), in a˚ unobstructed Ja.v.203 (= akāca nikkaṇṭaka Ja.v.206).

…Pv-a.31, Pv-a.82; -santaka belonging to one’s family, property of the clan Ja.i.52; Dhp-a.i.346 (where Ja.iv.146…

Name of a tree, in ratta˚ Ja.i.39 (= bimbijāla the red Amaranth tree).

= Sk. kuraṇṭaka Halāyudha, cp. kuraṇḍaka

shrub and its flower Vism.183 (see also kuravaka & koraṇḍaka). ˚leṇa Npl. Vism.38.

cp. Sk. kuraṇṭaka blossom of a species of Amaranth

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

…sīsaṃ, tambalohaṃ, vekantakalohaṃ vijāti˚ = nāga-nāsika˚; kittima˚ = kaṃsalohaṃ, vaṭṭa˚ ārakūṭaṃ; pisāca˚ =…

…f. makarinī Mil.67.

-dantaka the tooth of a sword fish, used as a pin Vin.ii.113, cp. p. Vin.ii.315
■ as a design in…

…with Kaṇha Adhipati, Antaka, Namuci, Pamattabandhu at Mnd.489 = Cnd.507; the two last ones also at Mnd.455. The usual standing epithet is…

…Vin.ii.115 (satthaka), Vin.ii.123, Vin.ii.267 (˚ṃ dhāreti).

word & etym. doubtful; cp. nantaka & Bdhgh. Vin.ii.317: matakan (sic) ti…

…nantikavāsin); Vv.80#7 (anantaka) Pv.iii.2#14; Ja.iii.22 (˚vāsin clad in rags).

a contamination of namataka (Kern,

Toevoegselen

p. 169),…

adjective free from thorns or enemies Mil.250; cp. akaṇṭaka.

Sk. niṣkaṇṭaka, nis + kaṇṭaka

adjective noun one who invites Mil.205.

…Mil.205 (where reading is nimantaka, with variant reading nivātaka, see note on p. 426). See Com. on this stanza at Ja.v.437.

fr….

…Ja.i.232; Dhp-a.ii.211 (˚dantakaṭṭha toothpick)

• -vatta habits of serpents Mnd.92, also adj. -ika ibid. Mnd.89 *…

…m…

refuge Cp.iii.10#4
■ Note. ˚passaya in kaṇṭakapassaya Ja.iii.74, & kaṇṭakāpassayika DN.i.167 (kaṇṭh˚); Ja.iv.299 (kaṇṭaka˚) is to be read as ˚apassaya (apa + śri).

fr. pa + śri, cp. Class. …

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

an enemy, adversary, robber, highwayman Ja.i.186; Ja.ii.239; Dhp-a.iii.456 (variant reading ˚kaṇḍaka).

paṭi + kantaka⁴

one who has come or is coming back Dhp-a.i.307.

fr. last

one who speaks to or who is spoken to, i.e.

1. an interlocutor Ja.iv.18 (= paṭivacana-dayaka C.)
2. an amiable person (cp. Lat affabilis = affable) MN.i.386.

fr. paṭi + mant

…in ˚tila, ˚tela, ˚dantakaṭṭha, etc with ref. to their use by Brahmins.

grd. formation fr. phusati² 2; scarcely fr. Sk….

…by a father MN.iii.46. -santaka father’s possession Ja.i.2. -hadaya father’s heart Ja.i.61.

Vedic pitṛ, pitar-; cp. Gr. πατήρ;…

Piṭṭhi & Piṭṭhī

feminine

1. the back Vin.ii.200 (piṭṭhī); MN.i.354; Ja.i.207; Ja.ii.159, Ja.ii.279. piṭṭhiṃ (paccāmittassa) passati to see the (enemy’s) back, i.e. to see the …

Piṭṭhi & Piṭṭhī

feminine

1. the back Vin.ii.200 (piṭṭhī); MN.i.354; Ja.i.207; Ja.ii.159, Ja.ii.279. piṭṭhiṃ (paccāmittassa) passati to see the (enemy’s) back, i.e. to see the …

…1) Ja.iii.16 (˚paṇḍitā); Pv-a.93 (id.), Pv-a.99 (id.); Dhp-a.i.346 (kula-santaka). 2. old, worn, much used (cp. purāṇa 2) Ja.iv.471…

…compounds -tila, ˚tela, dantakaṭṭha, mattikā, etc. is probably to be read with variant reading phussa˚ meaning not quite clear…

…Ja.vi.108 (= pūga-santaka dhana C.).

• -gāmaṇika superintendant of a guild guildmaster AN.iii.76. *…

…king was hereditary: kula-santakaṃ rajjaṃ Ja.i.395; Ja.ii.116; Ja.iv.124 but we sometimes read of a king being elected with great pomp:…

…king was hereditary: kula-santakaṃ rajjaṃ Ja.i.395; Ja.ii.116; Ja.iv.124 but we sometimes read of a king being elected with great pomp:…

adjective thorny, dangerous DN.i.135; Thig.352; DN-a.i.296.

sa + kaṇṭaka

…(gen.) Ja.iii.408; Ja.iv.37. 3. (being in the power of Ja.iv.260 (bhaya˚).

fr. sant; cp. BSk. santaka Divy.280…

…(read vañjha˚).

• -antaka a kind of girdle Vin.ii.136.
• -maṃsa pork AN.iii.49…

“weaving,” a weaving-loom Vin.ii.135.

…(always foll by titthiyapakkantaka) Vin.i.86, Vin.i.135, Vin.i.168, Vin.i.320; Vin.v.222; Mil.310;

• -saṅkhātaṃ (adv.) by means of theft,…

adjective nāsika* one with a prominent or long nose SN.ii.284 cp. saṇha-tunga-sadisī nāsikā Thig.258;

• -vaṇṭaka having a long stalk; Name of a plant Ja.vi.537.

bracelet Vin.ii.106; Ja.ii.197 (dantakāre valay’-ādīni karonte disvā); Ja.iii.377; Ja.vi.64, Ja.vi.65; DN-a.i.50; Dhp-a.i.226 (danta˚ ivory bangle); Pv-a.157 (sankha˚) Mhvs.11, Mhvs.14 (˚anguli-v …

fence Snp-a.148 (kaṇṭaka˚ & rukkha˚).

fr. vati¹

(adj:) (-˚) having a stalk; a˚; not fastened on stalks Ja.v.203.

vaṇṭa + ka

(Vb-a.63) is a kind of copper: see loha.

adjective

1. straying away from (-˚), confused Vism.187 (jhāna˚), Vism.429.
2. (a bhikkhu) who has forsaken the Order, apostate Vin.ii.60.

vibbhanta + ka

poison, virus venom MN.i.316 = SN.ii.110; Thag.418; Thag.768; Snp.1 (sappa snake venom); AN.ii.110; Ja.i.271 (halāhala˚ deadly p.), Ja.iii.201; Ja.iv.222; Pp.48; Mil.302; Pv-a.62, Pv-a.256; Thag-a. …

…(sāhunda˚); Ja.iii.22 (nantaka˚); Ja.iv.380 (rumma˚); f. vāsinī Vin.iii.139 (chanda˚, paṭa˚ etc.) =…

1. street, way, road, path, track AN.v.347, AN.v.350 sq.; Vv.83#6; Ja.i.158 (garden path); Ja.v.350 (dve vīthiyo gahetvā tiṭṭhati, of a house); Ja.vi.276 (v and raccha); Dhp-a.i.14; Vv-a.31; Pv-a …

…honti… anujānāmi yantakaṃ sūcikan ti), cp. Vin Texts iii.162; DN-a.i.200 (kuñcikā +); Dhp-a.i.220 (yantakaṃ deti to put the…

1. putting up, putting down, placing, laying AN.iv.41 (aggissa ādhānaṃ, variant reading of 6 MSS ādānaṃ).
2. receptacle MN.i.414 (udak˚), cp. ādheyya.
3. enclosure, hedge Mil.220 (kaṇṭak˚ thorny brake …