…but kaṃsa may have meant metal as opposed to earthenware. See the compounds.

• -upadahārana (n. a.) metal…

…Cnd.30 = Pts.ii.21 (ekaṃsa-vacanaṃ nissaṃsaya-vacanaṃ etc.) addhā hi Ja.iv.399; Pv.iv.1^{5 2}.

Vedic addhā, cp. Av….

uncertainty, doubtfulness Mil.93.

abstr. fr. anekaṃsa + kata

doubt Cnd.1.

an + ekaṃsā

…are the foll. ukkaṃsâvakaṃsa, uggaman-oggamana, uccâvaca, ullangheti-olangheti, ullittâvalitta; ogilituṃuggilituṃ onaman-unnamana….

dragging down, detraction, abasement, in cpd. ukkaṃsāvak˚; lifting up & pulling down, raising and lowering rise & fall DN.i.54.

fr. ava-karṣati; on ṃs: *rṣ cp. haṃsati: harṣati

…all-round absolutely (ekaṃsa-vacane nipāto DN-a.i.111) only, at any rate DN.i.91; DN.ii.284; Snp.828 (na h’ aññadatth’ atthi…

…see ekaṃsa
■ paccaṃsena according to each one’s share AN.iii.38. puṭaṃsena with a…

…grandiloquence proud talk Snp.245 (cp. Snp-a.288 = att’ukkaṃsanatā ti vuttaṃ hoti).

cp. Class. Sk. bhāṣya, of…

…Dhp-a.i.395; bronze (kaṃsa˚) Vism.142 (in simile). Vin.i.46; Snp.577 (pl. mattika-bhājanā); Ja.ii.272 (bhikkhā˚); Ja.iii.366 (id.),…

…shoulder; only in phṛase ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsangaṃ karoti to arrange the upper robe over one shoulder (the left) Vin.i.46; Vin.ii.188 &…

adjective certain DN.i.189, DN.i.191; an˚; uncertain, indefinite DN.i.191.

fr. ekaṃsa²

…vicikicchā Cnd.1, Vb.168; ekaṃsa˚ & apaṇṇaka˚ certainty, right thought Ja.i.97
■ gāhaṃ vissajjeti to give up a preconceived idea…

in ekaṃsa-gāhavatī nibbici kicchā “doubtlessness consisting in certainty” Vv-a.85 in explained of ekaṃsika.

…surely, undoubtedly (ekaṃsavacanaṃ Snp-a.348) usually in negative (& interrog. sentences as na jātu, not at all, never (cp. also…

Err:501

…cheating in formula tulā˚ kaṃsa māna˚ “cheating with weight, coin and measure (DN-a.i.78 = vañcana) DN.i.5 = DN.iii.176 = SN.v.473 =…

…kittima˚ = kaṃsalohaṃ, vaṭṭa˚ ārakūṭaṃ; pisāca˚ = morakkhakaṃ, puthukaṃ, malinakaṃ capalakaṃ,…

…a bowl Ja.iii.21 (kaṃsa˚ = taṭṭaka). 4. in kheḷa a spittoon Vin.i.48; Vin.ii.175

■ Note. W. Printz in *“Bhāsa’s…

…in weight Thag.97 (of kaṃsa); Ja.vi.510 (sataphala kaṃsa = phalasatena katā kañcana-pātī C.). Also in combination…

merchant Vin.ii.135 (kaṃsa˚).

fr. patthara

…of which there are 4, viz. ekaṃsa “direct,” vibhajja “qualified,” paṭipucchā “after further questioning, ṭhapanīya “not to be…

see palasata
■ At Ja.vi.510 it means “goldbronze” (as material of which a “sovaṇṇa-kaṃsa” is made).

…explains incorrectly by “kaṃsalak’ ādi gūthapāṇakā,” which would mean “a low insect breeding in excrements (thus perhaps =…

…Vin.ii.216 (id.); MN.i.25 (kaṃsa˚), MN.i.207; SN.ii.233; AN.iv.393 (suvaṇṇa˚, rūpiya˚ kaṃsa˚); Ja.i.347, Ja.i.501; Ja.ii.90; Ja.v.377…

…Vin.ii.216 (id.); MN.i.25 (kaṃsa˚), MN.i.207; SN.ii.233; AN.iv.393 (suvaṇṇa˚, rūpiya˚ kaṃsa˚); Ja.i.347, Ja.i.501; Ja.ii.90; Ja.v.377…

…ramosa) Thag.97 = Thag.862 (kaṃsa sata 100 mustard seeds in weight, i.e. very costly); Ja.vi.510 (kaṃse sovaṇṇe satarājike).

cp. Sk….

to extol, to praise Snp.132, Snp.438; MN.i.498
pp samukkaṭṭha.

saṃ + ukkaṃsati

…Vv-a.50. Only once with ñāṇa at Dhs-a.9.

fr. samukkaṃsati, cp. ukkaṃsaka. The BSk. is sāmutkarṣikī…

…DN-a.i.236; ekaṃsa-vacana Ja.v.66; ekaṃse nipāta Ja.v.307) truly, surely, there now! Vin.ii.126, Vin.ii.297; DN.i.85;…

…thala orig. a flat…

…weight (often combined with kaṃsakūṭa & mānakūṭa, false coining & false measuring DN.i.5 = AN.ii.209≈; DN-a.i.79; Dhp-a.i.239; *…

…DN-a.i.85; Dhs-a.319 (kaṃsa˚) 2. music in general Dhp-a.iv.67.

• -āvacara musical time or measure, music, a musician DN.ii.159…

…superiority (opp. avakkaṃsa) DN.i.54 (ukkaṃs-âvakkaṃsa hāyana-vaḍḍhana DN-a.i.165); MN.i.518; Vism.563 (id.) Vv-a.146 (˚gata…

…ukkaṃsa

raising, extolling, exaltation, in att˚ self-exaltation, self-praise MN.i.402 (opp para-vambhanā); Cnd.505 (id.).

abstr. of ukkaṃsati

to exalt, praise MN.i.498; Ja.iv.108
pp ukkaṭṭha
■ ukkaṃseti in same meaning MN.i.402 sq. (attānaṃ u. paraṃ vambheti); AN.ii.27; Cnd.141.

ud + kṛṣ, karṣati, lit. draw or up, raise

…Snp-a.229, Snp-a.231, Snp-a.376.

pp. of ukkaṃsati

…Vin.iv.6; MN.i.402 (att’ukkaṃsana: para-vambhana) Cnd.505; Vism.29; Vb-a.484; Pgdp.100
■ Spelt vamhanā at Ja.i.454 (vamhana-vacana) &…

…mentioned at Vb-a.63 (kaṃsa˚, vaṭṭa˚, ārakūṭa); also at Mil.267 (with kāḷa˚, tamba˚ & kaṃsa˚, where in the translation…

adjective drinkable, fit for drinking or drinking with, in -kaṃsa drinking-bowl, goblet MN.i.316; SN.ii.110.

fr. āpāna, ā + pā