Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ Vb.372. Esp. in definitions, as of chanda: kattu˚; Vb.208; Bdhd 20; of jappā: puñcikatā sādhu˚; Vb.351 Vb.361 = Dhs.1059; Cnd. s.v. taṇhāⁱⁱ (: has the better reading mucchañci katā asādhu˚; variant reading pucchañci˚ both Vb and Dhs have sādu in text which should be corrected to asādhu˚; see detail under puñcikatā) of māna; ketu˚; Cnd.505; Dhs.1116 = Dhs.1233; Vb.350 sq.; Bdhd 24; of lapanā: pāṭu˚ (variant reading cāṭu˚) Vb.246 Vb.352
■ As abl. (= kamyā) in dassana˚ SN.i.193 = Thag.1241; Snp.121 (expl. as icchāya Snp-a.179). Cp. kammaññatā & kamma-sādutā.

fr. kām