to be done or made; to be dealt with; what is to be done, what should be done; business, affair; duty; need

…cp. Mil.5, Mil.78.

akaraṇīya

1. (adj.)
   1. what ought not to be done, prohibited AN.i.58; AN.iii.208 =…

1. not to be done or made; not to be dealt with; what is not to be done.
2. (mfn.) with nothing to do

hospitality

worthy of respectful salutations

answerable; to be answered with certainty, or with an absolute affirmation

duty to be performed, business to be done; various duties or affairs

duty, any duty at all

requiring (formally acquired) supervision, requiring a mentor.

having something (still) to do

uttari-karaṇīya

neuter something further to be done; a further task

adjective out of time, viz.

1. irregular, extraordinary Ja.vi.549, Ja.vi.553.
2. urgent, pressing MN.i.149 (karaṇiyan business), MN.ii.112; Ja.i.338; Ja.v.17 ˚ṃ (nt.) hurry Dhp-a.i.18. See also acce …

…brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāya* “destroyed is (re-) birth lived is a chaste life, (of a student) done is what…

…Vv.83#16; Dhp-a.i.32.

• -karaṇīya (adj.) that is worthy of being thus honoured DN.iii.5; AN.ii.34; AN.iii.36 AN.iv.13…

…DN.i.168 kiṃ karaṇīyaṃ a. dhammacariyāya SN.i.101; ko nu aññatram-ariyehi who else but the Nobles Snp.886 (= ṭhapetvā…

…attention to Vin.i.247. -karaṇīya having much to do, busy DN.ii.76; Vin.i.71; SN.ii.215; AN.iii.116; DN-a.i.237….

Gaha¹

a house, usually in compounds (see below). Ja.iii.396 (= the layman’s life; Com. geha).

• -kāraka a house-builder, metaph. of taṇhā (cp. kāya as geha) Dhp.153, …

…paṭipucchākaraṇīya˚ paṭisāraṇiya˚ pabbājaniya˚ sammukhākaraṇīya˚
■ In this sense: kammaṃ karoti (w….

the fact that something has to be performed, an obligation Vin.ii.89, Vin.ii.93; sa˚ being left with something to do Mil.140.

abstr. fr. prec.

…Vin.i.107. 3. Grd. karaṇīya (q.v.), (kayya) kātabba Dhp-a.i.338.

IV. Caus. I

(Denom. to kāra) kārayati = kāreti, in…

…Dhp-a.i.360 (& a˚); -karaṇīya one who has done all that could be done, one who is in the state of perfection (an Arahant), in formula…

…brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ nâparaṃ itthattāya,“ denoting the attainment of Arahantship (See arahant ii, formula A) Vin.i.35;…

…ti kiccaṃ kiñcid eva karaṇīyan ti Kp-a.218; kattabaṃ karaṇīyaṃ Dhp-a.iii.452. 2. (nt.)

1. duty, obligation, service…

duty Vin.ii.89 (k˚ karaṇīyatā); Mil.42.

abstr. fr. last

…sq.; Thag-a.252;

• -karaṇīya business occupation AN.iii.113, AN.iii.116, AN.iii.258; AN.v.24, AN.v.90,…

…(= kāmakiriyā)

• -karaṇīya in yathā˚ pāpimato the puppet of the wicked (lit. one with whom one can do as one likes MN.i.173;…

…˚-(as abl.) by question, by inquiry, by means of question & answer in foll. compounds: ˚karaṇīya Vin.i.325 -vinīta AN.i.72;…

adjective (able) to be realized SN.iii.223 sq.; DN.iii.230 = AN.ii.182 (in four ways by kāya, sati, cakkhu, paññā).

grd: of sacchikaroti

…Vin.i.11; SN.v.422; & -karaṇīya (q.v.)
pp sacchikata.

cp. Sk. sākṣāt kṛ; the P. form being *saccha˚ (=…

…Mil.138. Sakaruna-bhava

sa³ + karaṇīya

…(business), to accomplish: karaṇīyaṃ Mil.7; Pv-a.203; kiccaṃ Pv-a.278. 2. to measure, judge, recognize, always in formula tūleti tīreti…

…in foll. compounds

• -karaṇīya an additional duty, higher obligation SN.ii.99; SN.iii.168; AN.v.157 = AN.v.164;…

…in foll. compounds

• -karaṇīya an additional duty, higher obligation SN.ii.99; SN.iii.168; AN.v.157 = AN.v.164;…

…in foll. compounds

• -karaṇīya an additional duty, higher obligation SN.ii.99; SN.iii.168; AN.v.157 = AN.v.164;…

…in foll. compounds

• -karaṇīya an additional duty, higher obligation SN.ii.99; SN.iii.168; AN.v.157 = AN.v.164;…

…(˚-) DN.iii.229 (˚vyākaraṇīya pañha “discriminating reply” translation); AN.ii.46 (˚vacana analysis)- -vāda the Vibhajja…

adverb as, like, in relation to, after (the manner of)
■ As prep. (with acc.): according (to some condition, norm or rule): yathā kāmaṃ (already Vedic) according to his desire …

…(āsavānaṃ khayāya y. karaṇīya); Mil.35. yogaṃ āpajjati to show (earnest) endeavour, to be active SN.iii.11 sq.; Vb.356 (attanā)
…

…Commentary defined as kicca, karaṇīya, attha, i.e. 1. undertaking duty, 2. object. SN.i.76 (mah˚); SN.v.66, SN.v.104 sq. (˚dhātu) SN.iii.338…