The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kara*a [fr. k%, cp. Vedic kara*a] 1. adj. (f. ") ( -- ˚) doing, making, causing, producing; as cakkhu˚ ñ!*a˚
(leading to clear knowledge) S iv.331; v.97; It 83; and acakkhu˚ etc. S v.97; n!th! ˚! dhamm! A v.23 (cp.
v.89) and thera˚ A ii.22; dubba**a˚ S v.217; see also D i.245; M. i.15; S v.96, 115; A iv.94; v.268; Miln
289. 2. (nt.) ( -- ˚) the making, producing of; the doing, performance of (=kamma), as bali˚ offering of
food =bali kamma) PvA 81; gabbha˚ Sn 927; p!nujja˚ Sn 256. 3. (abs.) (a) the doing up, preparing J v.400,
vi.270 (of a building: the construction) (b) the doing, performance of, as p!*âtip!tassa k˚ and ak˚
("commission and omission"); DhA i.214; means of action J iii.92. (c) ttg. the instrumental case (with or
without ˚vacana) PvA 33; VvA 25, 53, 162, 174. -- ˚atthe in the sense of, with the meaning of the
instrumental case J iii.98; v.444; PvA 35; VvA 304; DhsA 48; Kacc 157. -- 4. ( -- ˚) state, condition; in
noun -- abstract function= ˚tta' (cp. kamma I.2) as n!n!˚ (=n!natta') difference M ii.128; S iv.294; Bdhd
94; kasi˚ ploughing PvA 66; kattabba˚ (=kattabbatta') "what is to be done," i. e. duty PvA 30; p(j!˚
veneration PvA 30. sakk!ra˚ reverence, devotion SnA 284. Note: in massu˚ and kamma˚ some grammarians
have tried to derive k˚ from a root k%, to hurt, cut, torture (see Morris J.P.T.S. 1893, 15), which is however
quite unnecessary [see kamma 3 A (b), kataii 1 (b)]. Kara*a here stands for kamma, as clearly indicated by
semantic grounds as well as by J vi.270 where it explains kappita -- kesa -- massu, and J v.309 & DhA
i.253 where massukamma takes the place of ˚kara*a, and J iii.314, where it is represented by massu -- kutti
(C.: massukiriya). Cp. also DA i.137. a˚ Negative in all meanings of the positive, i. e. the non -- performing
J i.131; v.222; Nett 81; PvA 59; DhsA 127; non -- undertaking (of business) J i.229; noncommission M
i.93; abstaining from Dhs 299. Cpd. -- uttariya (nt.) angry rejoinder, vehement defence DhA i.44.
Kara*"ya
Kara*"ya [grd. of karoti] 1. adj. (a) that ought to be, must or should be done, to be done, to be made
(=k!tabba' kara*âraha' KhA 236) Vin i.58; D i.3, cp. Miln 183; A v.210; DA i.7. Often -- ˚ in the sense of
"doing, making," as yath! k!ma˚ S ii.226; cp. iv.91, 159; "having business" bahu˚ D ii.76; A iii.116; S
ii.215; anukampa˚ PvA 61: -- (b) done, in the sense of undoing, i. e. overcome, undone D ii.76 cp. Dial.
ii.81 n. -- 2. (m.) one who has still something left to perform (for the attainment of Arahantship, a sekha J
iii.23. -- 3. (nt.) (a) what ought to be done, duty, obligation; affairs, business D i.85; ii.68, 74 cp. A iv.16; M
i.271; S iii.168; iv.281 cp. Vin iii.12; Vin i.139; A i.58; Sn 143; Sn p. 32 (yan te karan"ya' ta' karohi "do
what you have to do"); -- ˚' t"reti to conclude a business Vin. ii.158; J v.298. Kata' ˚' done is what was to
be done, I have done my task, in freq. formula "kh"*! j!ti vusita' brahmacariya' . . ." to mark the
attainment of Arahantship D i.84; ii.68=153; Th 2, 223; Vin i.14; Sn p. 16; DA i.226, etc. See Arahant ii.C.
There are 3 duties each of a sama*a, farmer and householder enumerated at A i.229; 3 of a bhikkhu A
i.230; -- (b) use, need (with instr.): appam!dena k˚ S iv.125; cetan!ya k˚ A v.2, 312; cp. Miln 5, 78.
akara*"ya 1. (adj.) (a) what ought not to be done, prohibited A i.58; iii.208=DA i.235. -- (b) incapable of
being done (c. gen.) It 18. -- (c) improper, not befitting (c. gen.) Vin i.45=216=iii.20; PvA 64. -- (d) not to
be "done," i. e. not to be overcome or defeated D ii.76; A iv.113; -- (e) having nothing to do Vin i.154.
2. (nt.) a forbidden matter, prohibition Vin ii.278 sa˚ 1. having business, busy Vin i.155; -- 2. one who
has still something to do (in sense of above 2) D ii.143; Th 1, 1045; DA i.9.
Kara*"yat!
Kara*"yat! (f.) [abstr. fr. prec.] the fact that something has to be performed, an obligation Vin ii.89, 93; sa˚
being left with something to do Miln 140.
Kara*.a
Kara*.a (m. nt.) [cp. Sk. kara*.a, ˚ka, ˚ik!. The Dh!tu- mañj(s! expls k. by "bh!janatthe"] 1. a basket or
box of wicker -- work Mhvs 31, 98; D!vs v.60; DhA iii.18; -- 2. the cast skin, slough of a serpent D i.77
(=DA i.222 ahi -- kañcuka) cp. Dial. i.88.
Kara*.aka