lean; thin, emaciated.

…esp. as epithet of petas: Pv.ii.1#13; Snp.426, Snp.585; Sdhp.101; Mil.303 For phrase kisa-dhamani-santhata see the latter.

Sk. kṛśa, perhaps…

A grove to the south of Sāvatthī, one gāvuta away from the city. It was well guarded and monks and nuns used to resort there in search of solitude. The Bhikkhunī Saṃyutta contains stories of nuns wh …

KisasaṅkiccaKisaSaṅkicca

A naked ascetic, contemporary with the Buddha and evidently a well-known head of a school; mentioned in company with…

Kisāgotamī

A nun who was declared chief among women disciples with respect to the wearing of coarse robes. AN.i.25 Gotamī was her name—she was called Kisā because of her thinness.

In her Therīgāthā …

MāraNamuciKaṇhaAdhipatiAntakaPamattabandhuPāpimā

Generally regarded as the personification of Death, the Evil One, the Tempter. Sometimes known as the Dark One (Kaṇha). Snp.355 MN.i.377 DN.ii.262 T …

…Ajivakas, the others being Kisa Saṅkicca and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.524 They were declared by Purāṇa Kassapa, in his classification of the…

…lights: Nanda Vaccha, Kisa Saṅkicca, Makkhali Gosāla. A fourth leader, Paṇḍuputta, of wagon-building stock, is mentioned in the…

too thin

of little strength; weak

thin; emaciated

according to et) instructor of the Kisakas or thin instructor

…Dhs.230, Dhs.617 (= kisa); Thag-a.173; Mil.361. Note aṇu is freq. spelt anu, thus usually in cpd. ˚matta.

*…

adjective strong; only in kisa˚; of meagre strength, weakly MN.i.226; and dub˚; weak MN.i.435 Cp. balika.

fr. bala

…So also in Jain Pk. “kisa dhamaṇisaṃtata”: Weber, Bhagavatī p. 289; cp. Lal.226
■ Also as -santhatagatta (adj.) having veins…

young (unmarried) woman, maiden, girl Pv.i.11#1
■ As emblem of beauty in simile khattiya-kaññā vā… pannarasa-vassuddesikā vā solasa-vassuddesikā vā… MN.i.88; in combination khattiya-kaññā, brāhm …

see kisa.

Err:509

…] see *pari*˚

den. fr. kisa

…Vin.i.199; Vin.iii.110 (kisa l. dubbaṇṇa); SN.i.175 (= jiṇṇa C, see K.S. 320 translation “looking worn”); MN.i.77 = Ja.i.390
…

…with vv.ll. kilissati pakirissati).

most likely Pass. of parikassati; maybe Pass. of kisa (= Sk. kṛśa) to become emaciated. Mrs. Rh….

adjective pale-red or yellow, reddish, light yellow, grey; only at Thig.79 (kisā paṇḍu vivaṇṇā), where paṇḍu represents the usual up-paṇḍ’-uppaṇḍuka-jātā: “thin, pale and colourless” (see Thag- …

white mustard Thag-a.181 (Tha-ap.24); Ja.iii.225; Ja.vi.537; Dhp-a.ii.273 (in Kisāgotamī story).

Sk. siddhārthaka

…Ja.i.420; Ja.iv.220 (opp. kisa thin);

• -sāṭaka coarse cloth Dhp-a.i.393(a).

Vedic sthūla (or sthūra); cp. Lith….

…Ja.i.420; Ja.iv.220 (opp. kisa thin);

• -sāṭaka coarse cloth Dhp-a.i.393(a).

Vedic sthūla (or sthūra); cp. Lith….