The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kilesa (and klesa) [from kilissati] 1. stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its
occurrence in the Pi&akas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our terms
lower, or unregenerate nature, sinful desires, vices, passions. 1. Kilesa as obstacle (see ˚!vara*a, ˚ --
sampayutta, ˚ -- vippayutta, ˚pah!na) Ps i.33; Sdhp 455; bhikkhu
-- 217 --
bhinnakileso "one whose passions are broken up" VFh 246, PvA 51; upasanta kileso "one whose passions
are calmed" PvA 230; no ce pi j!tu puriso kilese v!to yath! abbhaghana' vih!ne Sn 348; pariyodapeyya
att!na' cittaklesehi pa*.ito S v.24=A v.232, 253=Dh 88. 2. Occurs in such combinations as kiles! ca
khandh! ca abhisankh!r! ca Nd2 487; kilesa+khandha: Ps i.69 72; ii.36, 140; cp. Vbh 44, 68;
kilesa+sa's!ra PvA 7; kamma' kiles! hetu sa's!rassa Nett 113, cp. 191. 3. kilesa also occurs in a
series explanatory of ta*h!, in the stereotype combn of t., di&&hi, kilesa "clinging to existence, false ideas
and lust" (see Nd2 s. v. ta*h! v.). -- 4. In the same function it stands with r!ga, viz. r!ga dosa moha kilesa,
i. e. sensuality, bewilderment and lust (see Nd2 s. v. r!ga ii.), cp. Dhs 982, 1006. The grouping as dasa
kilesa -- vatth(ni is: lobha dosa moha m!na di&&hi vicikicch! th"na' uddhacca' ahirika' anottappa' Dhs
1548=Vbh 341; Vism 683; mentioned at Ps i.130. -- These with the exception of the last two, are also
grouped as a&&ha k˚ -- vatth(ni at Vbh 385. -- As three kilesas (past, present and future) at Ps ii.217. -- 5.
The giving up of kilesa is one of the four essentials of perfection: the recognition of evil, the removal of its
source (which is kilesa), the meditation on the Path, and the realization of the extinction of evil (see Nd2 s.
v. dukkha ii.). Kilesa in this connection interchanges with samudaya, as denoting the origin of evil; cp.
samudayo kiles! Nett 191. -- !vara*a the obstacle of lust Vbh 342 Pug 13; Vism 177; ˚!vara*at! id. A
iii.436; -- kkhaya the destruction of lust Bdhd 81; -- paripantha danger of lust J vi.57; -- pah!na the giving
up of worldly lust Vin iii.92 sq., iv.25; Bdhd 129, 131; -- puñja the heap of lusts; consisting of ten qualities,
viz. the four !h!r! (etc. four of each:), vipall!s!, up!d!n!ni, yog!, gandh!, !sav!, ogh!, sall!,
viññ!*a&&hitiyo, agatigaman!ni. Nett 113, 114; 116 sq. -- bh(mi the substratum or essence of lust Nett 2,
192; there are four mentioned at Nett 161: anusaya˚, pariyu&&h!na˚, sa'yojana˚, up!d!na˚; -- m!ra death
which is the consequence of sinful desire DhA i.317 (in expl. of M!ra); -- vatth(ni (pl.) the (10) divisions
of kilesa (see above) Dhs 1229, 1548; Vism 20. -- vinaya the discipline of lust Nett 22; -- vippayutta free
from lust (dhamma principles, to which belongs Nibb!na) Dhs 1555; -- sampayutta connected or affected
with lust Dhs 1554 (as 12 principles); Vbh 18=30=44=56, 68, 80, 96, 120, 323.
Kileseti
Kileseti [v. den. fr. kilesa] to become soiled or stained (fig.): indriy!ni kilesenti Sdhp. 364.
Kiloma
Kiloma [=next?] at J iii.49 taken as syn. of loma, hair and used in sense of pharusa, shaggy, rough (in
kiloma ma'sakha*.a as simile for kiloma -- v!c!).
Kilomaka
Kilomaka [=Sk. kloman, the right lung, cp. Greek pleu/mwn, Lat. pulmo] the pleura M i.185 = Kh iii, Nett
77=Vbh 193; J iv.292; Miln 26. Discussed in detail at Vism 257, 357.
Kisa
Kisa (adj.) [Sk. k%$a, perhaps to Lat. gracilis, slim] lean, haggard, emaciated, opp. th(la fat (VvA 103). As
Ep. of ascetics Sn 165, Dh 395=Th 1, 243; esp. as Ep. of petas: Pv ii.113; Sn 426, 585; Sdhp 101; Miln
303. For phrase kisa -- dhamani -- santhata see the latter.
Kisaka