The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kampin
Kampin (adj.) [fr. kampa] see vi˚.
Kampiya
Kampiya (adj.) [grd. of kampati] in a˚ not to be shaken, immovable, strong Th 2, 195; Miln 386; (nt.)
firmness, said of the 5 moral powers (bal!ni) DA i.64.
Kampur"
Kampur" (va.) at Th 2, 262 is to be corr. into kambu -- r -- iva (see Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 76).
Kambala
Kambala (m., nt.) [cp. Sk. kambala] 1. woollen stuff, woollen blanket or garment. From J iv.353 it appears
that it was a product of the north, probably Nepal (cp. J.P.T.S. 1889, 203); enumd as one of the 6 kinds of
c"varas, together w. koseyya & kapp!sika at Vin i.58=96, also at A iv.394 (s. ˚sukhuma); freq. preceded by
ratta (e. g. DA i.40. Cp. also ambara2 and ambala), which shows that it was commonly dyed red; also as
pa*.u Sn 689; Bdhd 1. -- Some woollen garments (a..hak!sika) were not allowed for Bhikkhus: Vin i.281;
ii.174; see further J i.43, 178, 322; iv.138; Miln 17, 88, 105; DhA i.226; ii.89 sq. 2. a garment: two kinds of
hair (blankets, i. e.) garments viz. kesa˚ and v!la˚ mentioned Vin i.305=D i.167=A i.240, 295. -- 3.
woollen thread Vin i.190 (expld by u**!) (cp. Vin. Texts ii.23); J vi.340; -- 4. a tribe of N!gas J vi.165. --
kañcuka a (red) woollen covering thrown over a temple, as an ornament Mhvs 34, 74; -- k(&âg!ra a bamboo
structure covered with (red) woollen cloth, used as funeral pile DhA i.69; -- p!duk! woollen slippers Vin
i.190; -- puñja a heap of blankets J i.149; -- maddana dyeing the rug Vin i.254 (cp. Vin. Texts ii.154); --
ratana a precious rug of wool J iv.138; Miln 17 (16 ft. long & 18 ft. wide); -- va**a (adj.) of the colour of
woollen fabric, i. e. red J v.359 (˚ma'sa); -- sil!sana (pa*.u˚) a stone -- seat, covered with a white k.
blanket, forming the throne of Sakka DhA i.17; -- sukhuma fine, delicate woollen stuff D ii.188=A iv.394;
Miln 105; -- sutta a woollen thread J vi.340.
Kambalin
Kambalin (adj.) [fr. kambala] having a woollen garment D i.55; ii.150.
Kambal"ya
Kambal"ya (nt.) [fr. kambala] (a sort of) woollen garment Pv ii.117 (cp. PvA 77).
Kambu
Kambu [cp. Sk. kambu, Hal!yudha=$ankha; Dhtp. sa'vara*e] 1. a conch, a shell: sa*ha -- kambu -- r -- iva
. . . sobhate su g"v! Th 2, 262 (for kampur"'va); s. cpds. -- 2. a ring or bracelet (made of shells or perhaps
gold: see Kern. Toev. s. v.) J iv.18, 466 (+k!y(ra); Pv ii.127, iii.93 (=PvA 157, sankhavalaya) Vv 362
(=VvA 167 hatth'âlank!ra), worn on the wrist, while the k!y(ra is worn on the upper part of the arm
(bhujâlank!ra ibid.); -- 3. a golden ring, given as second meaning at VvA 167, so also expl. at J iv.18, 130;
J v.400. -- g"va (adj.) having a neck shaped like a shell, i. e. in spirals, having lines or folds, considered as
lucky J iv.130 (=suva**!lingasadisag"vo), cp. above 1; -- tala the base or lower part of a shell, viz. the
spiral part, fig. the lines of the neck J v.155 (˚!bh!s! g"v!, expld on p. 156 as suva**!lingatala -- sannibh!);
also the (polished) surface of a shell, used as simile for smoothness J v.204, 207; -- pariharaka a wristlet or
bracelet VvA 167.
Kambussa