1. friend, companion, fellow-worker, helper, esp one who gives his advice, a bosom-friend Iti.73; Ja.vi.512 (sahajātā amaccā); Pv.ii.6#20 (a ˚-paricārikā well-advising friends as company or around …

…Dhs-a.333; Vv-a.142.

• -kammakara a charcoal burner Ja.vi.209.
• -kāsu a charcoal pit MN.i.74,…

charcoal-burner Ja.vi.206 (= angāra-kammakara Ja.vi.209).

…Pp.56; Pv-a.112.

• -kammakara (porisa) a slave-servant, an unpaid labourer, a serf Vin.i.240; AN.i.206; DN.iii.189;…

…of (with gen.) e.g. dāsa-kammakara-porisassa hetu MN.ii.187; kissa hetu why? AN.iii.303; AN.iv.393; Snp.1131; Pv.ii.8#1 (= kiṃ nimittaṃ…

…punishment is expressed by kammakaraṇa (or ˚kāraṇa), “being done back with the deed, or the reaction of the deed,…

…usual dress); Kp-a.173 (˚kammakara, ˚jeṭṭhaputta) Vv-a.12 (˚pabhassara), Vv-a.109 (˚bhaddatā)
■ instr. pakatiyā by nature,…

messenger, a servant, often in combination dāsā ti vā pessā ti vā kammakarā ti vā, e.g. DN.i.141; SN.i.76, SN.i.93 (slightly diff. in verse); AN.ii.208 (spelt pesā); AN.iv.45; Dhp-a.ii.7. See also …

…esp. in phrase dāsa-kammakaraporisa Vin.i.240; AN.i.145, AN.i.206; AN.ii.78; AN.iii.45, AN.iii.76, AN.iii.260; Dhp-a.iv.1; dāsa˚ a…

“one who is beaten”, a slave, a worker (of low grade) Vin.iv.224 (in def. of kammakāra, as bhaṭaka + ā).

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