The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kantati
Kantati2 [Sk. k%*tati; *(s)qert, to cut; cp. Gr. kei/rw, to shear; Lat. caro, cena; Ohg. sceran, E. shear; see
also ka&u] to cut, cut off J ii.53 (: as nik˚ in gloss, where it should be m(l!ni kant˚); iii.185; vi.154; DhA
iii.152 (+ viddha'seti).
Kant!ra
Kant!ra (adj. n.) [perhaps from kad -- tarati, difficult to cross, Sk. (?) k!nt!ra] difficult to pass, scil. magga,
a difficult road, waste land, wilderness, expld as nirudaka "ri*a VvA 334 (on Vv 843), combd with maru˚
PvA 99 and marukant!ramagga PvA 112; opp. khemantabh(mi. Usually 5 kinds of wilds are enumerated:
cora˚, v!la˚, nirudaka˚, amanussa˚, appabbhakkha˚ J i.99; SA 324; 4 kinds at Nd2 630: cora˚, v!la˚,
dubhikkha˚, nirudaka˚. The term is used both lit. & fig. (of the wilds of ignorance, false doctrine, or of
difficulties, hardship). As the seat of demons (Petas and Yakkhas) freq. in Pv (see above), also J i.395. As
di&&hi˚ in pass. di&&hi -- gata, etc. M i.8, 486, Pug 22 (on di&&hi vipatti). -- addh!na a road in the wilderness, a
dangerous path (fig.)Th 1, 95~D i.73= M i.276; -- pa&ipanna a wanderer through the wilderness, i. e. a
forester J iii.537. -- magga a difficult road (cp. kummagga) J ii.294 (lit.); in simile: S ii.118. -- mukha the
entrance to a desert J i.99.
Kant!riya
Kant!riya (adj.) [from kant!ra] (one) living in or belonging to the desert, the guardian of a wilderness,
applied to a Yakkha Vv 8421 (=VvA. 341).
Kantika
Kantika1 (adj.) [to kantati1] spinning PvA 75 (sutta˚ itthiyo).
Kantika
Kantika2=kanta1 in a˚ unpleasant, disgusting Pv iii.41 (=PvA 193).
Kantita
Kantita1 [Sk. k%tta, pp. of kantati1] spun, (sutta) Vin iv.300.
Kantita
Kantita2 (adj.) Sk. k%tta pp. of kantati2] cut off, severed, at Miln 240 better as kantita1, i. e. spun.
Kanda
Kanda [Sk. kanda] a tuberous root, a bulb, tuber, as radish, etc. J i.273; iv.373; vi.516; VvA 335; ˚m(la
bulbs and roots (˚phala) D i.101; a bulbous root J v.202.
Kandati
Kandati [Sk. krandati to *q(e)lem; cp. Gr. kale/w, ke/lados, Lat. clamor, calare, calendae, Ohg. hellan to
shout] to cry, wail, weep, lament, bewail Dh 371; Vv 8312; J vi.166; Miln 11, 148; freq. of Petas: PvA 43,
160, 262 (cp. rodati). -- In k!magu*! pass. uratt!)i' k. M. i.86=Nd2 s. v.; A iii.54 (uratt!)" for ˚i' v. l.); in
phrase b!h! paggayha k˚ Vin i.237; ii.284; J v.267.