The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kamm!sa [Vedic kalm!+a, which may be referred, with kalana, kalu+a, kalanka and Gr. kelaino/s to *qel,
fr. which also Sk. k!la black -- blue, Gr. khla/s, khli/ s; Lat. c!l"go & callidus] 1. variegated, spotted,
blemished J v.69 (˚va**a), said of the spotted appearance of leprosy. -- fig. inconsistent, varying A ii.187. -
- 2. (nt.) inconsistency, blemish, blot A iv.55; Vism 51. -- a˚ not spotted, i. e. unblemished, pure, said of
moral conduct D ii.80; A ii.52; iii.36, 572; vi.54, 192; Bdhd 89. -- k!rin in a˚ not acting inconsistently A
ii.187; cp. ibid. 243. -- p!da 1. (a) having speckled feet J v.475; (b) (m) one who has speckled feet, i. e. an
ogre; also N. of a Yakkha J v.503, 511 (cp. J.P.T.S. 1909, 236 sq.).
Kammika
Kammika (adj. -- n.) [fr. kamma] 1. ( -- ˚) one who does or looks after; one whose occupation is of such &
such a character: !ya˚ revenue -- overseer, treasurer DhA i.184; sabba˚ (always with ref. to amacca, the
king's minister) one who does everything, the king's confidant Vism 130; PvA 81. -- On term !di˚ beginner
(e. g. Vism 241) see Cpd. 53, 129 n.2. -- 2. a merchant, trader, in jalapatha˚ and thalapatha˚ by sea & by
land J i.121. -- 3. a superintendent, overseer, manager J ii.305 (executioner of an order); vi.294; Mhvs 30,
31. -- 4. one connected with the execution of an ecclesiastical Act Vin ii.5 (cp. p. 22); Bdhd 106.
Kammin
Kammin (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. kamma, cp. kammaka] doing, per- forming, practising J vi.105; Sdhp 196, 292.
Kamya
Kamya (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. k!m] wishing for, desiring DhsA 365 (s!dhu˚; v. l. ˚k!ma); kamy!, abl. in the desire
for, see next.
Kamy!
Kamy! ( -- ˚) in abl. function (of kamy! f. for kamy!ya or kamya adj.?) in the desire for: S i.143=J iii.361
(expld by k!mat!ya); Sn 854, 929.
Kamyat! (˚) & kammat!
Kamyat! ( -- ˚) & kammat! (Nd) [fr. k!m] wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent:
kathetu˚ VvA 18; muñcitu˚ (+pa&isankh!) Ps i.60, 65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, ada&&hu˚ and adassana˚ Vbh 372.
Esp. in definitions, as of chanda: kattu˚ Vbh 208; Bdhd 20; of japp!: puñcikat! s!dhu˚ Vbh 351; 361=Dhs
1059; Nd2 s. v. ta*h!ii (: has the better reading mucchañci kat! as!dhu˚; v. l. pucchañci˚; both Vbh and Dhs
have s!du in text which should be corrected to as!dhu˚; see detail under puñcikat!); of m!na; ketu˚ Nd2
505; Dhs 1116=1233; Vbh 350 sq.; Bdhd 24; of lapan!: p!&u˚ (v. l. c!&u˚) Vbh 246= 352. -- As abl.
(=kamy!) in dassana˚ S i.193=Th 1, 1241; Sn 121 (expl. as icch!ya SnA 179). Cp. kammaññat! & kamma -
- s!dut!.
Kaya
Kaya [fr. kri] purchase, buying A iii.226 (+vi˚). -- (a)kkaya, buying & selling Pv i.56 (see also Kh vii.6 and
note). -- vikkaya (kraya vikraya) buying & selling, trade in ˚pa&ivirata D i.5=A ii.209= v.205= Pug 58; D
i.64; S v.473; Sn 929; J v.243; Khus 114; DhA i.78; PvA 29 (= KhA 212).
Kayati
Kayati [kr", perhaps connected with k%] to buy; Inf. ketu' J iii.282; cp. ki*!ti.