kantati¹

pr. 3 sg. cuts; destroys

kantati²

pr. 3 sg. spins.

Kantati¹

to plait, twist, spin, esp. suttaṃ (thread) Vin.iv.300; Pv-a.75; Dhp-a.iii.273; kappāsaṃ AN.iii.295. Cp pari˚.

Sk….

cuts.

cuts off.

with dart cut out

cuts, cuts off; cuts up

cuts, cuts off; cuts up

…Dhp-a.iii.152 (= kantati viddhaṃseti). 2. to rub, to produce by friction (esp. fire, aggiṃ; cp. Vedic agniṃ nirmanthati)…

…see anu-kantati, ˚kassati², ˚kiṇṇa ˚gāhati, ˚bujjhati ˚bodha, ˚lokin, ˚vajja.

Note

1. anu in…

to cut Dhp.311 (hatthaṃ = phāleti Dhp-a.iii.484).

anu + kantati²

to cut off Thig.217 (gale = gīvaṃ chindati Thag-a.178; Kern,

Toevoegselen

corrects to kabale a.).

apa + kantati, Sk. ava + kṛntati

…okassati, okāra, okantati, okkamati ogacchati, odāta* and others may be used as examples The difference in many cases has given rise to…

cut, cut open, cut off Ja.iv.251 (galak’ âvakantaṃ).

for *avakatta, Sk. avakṛtta; pp. of avakantati, see kanta²

…avakanta & avakantita.

cp. Sk. avakṛntati, ava + kantati, cp. also apakantati

cut out Pv-a.213. Avakappana & okappana

pp. of avakantati

…cp. katta & pari˚.

pp. of kantati², Sk. kṛtta. kanta is analogyform. after pres. kantati, regularly we should expect katta. See also…

…Pv.iii.4#1 (=…

…kṛtta, pp. of kantati¹

Kantita²

adjective cut off, severed, at Mil.240 better as kantita¹, i.e….

scrubber, used after a bath Vin.ii.129, Vin.ii.143; cp. Vin. Texts ii.318.

fr. kantati²

is represented in Pali by kanta²; katta being found only in cpd. pari˚.

pp. of kantati²; cp. Sk. kṛtta

…scissors“: cp Vin. Texts iii.138 (see next).

to kantati²

…scissors“: cp Vin. Texts iii.138 (see next).

to kantati²

…Ja.v.175.

• -vaṭṭa a thorny brake or hedge MN.i.448.

From kantati² to cut. Brh. kaṇṭaka. Spelt also…

adjective cut, (ab-)razed MN.i.364 (of a fleshless bone).

Sk. nikṛtta & nikṛntita (cp. Divy.537, Divy.539), ni + kantati²

…reading SS for ukkant˚); Pgdp.29.

Sk. ni-kṛṇtati, see kantati²

…by okkantitvā)
pp avakanta & avakantita.

o + kantati, cp. also apakantati

…avakanta & avakantita.

cp. Sk. avakṛntati, ava + kantati, cp. also apakantati

to drag away, remove Thig.444. See also ava˚. Okantati (okkant)

o + kaḍḍhati

…by okkantitvā)
pp avakanta & avakantita.

o + kantati, cp. also apakantati

…+ kanta² of kantati²

Parikanta²

at Vin.ii.80 (bhāsita˚) is probably to be read as pārikata. Bdhgh…

…cut through, pierce MN.i.244 (vātā kucchiṃ p.); Ja.iii.185 (see parikantati¹).

pari +…

cut round, cut off Mil.188.

pp. of pari + kantati²; corresponds to Sk, kṛtta, which is usually represented in P. by kanta²

to cut all round MN.iii.275. (Trenckner reads sampakantati.)

saṃ + parikantati

to cut all round, MN.iii.275.

saṃ + kantati

…ved. MN.i.74; bhayānaka ekantatippa Niraya Pv.iv.1#9 (= tikhiṇadukkha˚ Pv-a.221); nerayikā sattā dukkhā t. kaṭukā ved˚ vediyamānā…

…look out for, expect; ˚kantati tear out; ˚khitta thrown off; ˚khipati pick out; ˚gacchati come out; ˚gamaṇa rising (opp. o˚); ˚gajjati…

…SS ni˚), Pv-a.211 (= chinditvā).

ud + kantati

knife MN.i.244. Cp. vikattana.

fr. vikantati

to cut Ja.v.368 (= chindati C.). - pp. vikatta & vikanta.

vi + kantati²

adjective cut open Ja.vi.111 (variant reading ˚kanta).

pp. of vi + kantati²

cutter, knife Vin.iii.89 (tiṇha go˚) MN.i.449; Ja.vi.441.

fr. vi + kantati²