The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ko)ik!
Ko)ik! (or kolika?) (f.) adj.=kolaka, appl. to boils, in p")iko)ik! (itthi) having boils of jujube size Th 2, 395
(expl. at ThA 259; akkhidalesu nibbattanak! p")ik! vuccati).
Kovida
Kovida (adj.) [ku+vid.] one who is in the possession of right wisdom, with ref. either to dhamma, magga,
or ariyasacc!ni, closely related to medh!vin and pa*.ita. S i.146, 194, 196 (ceto -- pariy!ya˚); A ii.46; M
i.1, 7, 135, 300, 310, 433; Dh 403=Sn 627; Sn 484 (j!timara*a˚), 653 (kammavip!ka˚); Pv i.1112; Vv 159
(=VvA 73), 6330 (=VvA 269); Miln 344; Sdhp 350. -- akovida ignorant of true wisdom (dhammassa) S
i.162; Sn 763; S iv.287=Nd2 on att!nudi&&hi.
Kovi)!ra
Kovi)!ra [cp. Sk. kovid!ra] Bauhinia variegata; a tree in the devaloka (p!ricchattaka kovi)!ra: k -- blossom,
called p. VvA 174) A iv.117 sq.; Sn 44; J iv.29; Vv 381; DhA i.270. -- puppha the flower of the K. tree
SnA 354 (where the limbs of one afflicted with leprosy are compared with this flower).
Kosa
Kosa1 (m. nt.) [cp. Sk. ko$a and ko+a, cavity, box vessel, cp. Goth. h(s, E. house; related also kuk+i=P.
kucchi] any cavity or enclosure containing anything, viz. 1. a store -- room or storehouse, treasury or
granary A iv.95 (r!ja˚); Sn 525; J iv.409 (=wealth, stores); J vi.81 (a..hakosa only half a house) in cpd. -- ˚
ko&&h!g!ra, expld at DA i.295 as koso vuccati bha*.!g!ra'. Four kinds are mentioned: hatth"˚, ass!˚, rath!˚,
ra&&ha'˚. 2. a sheath, in khura˚ Vism 251, pa**a˚ KhA 46. 3. a vessel or bowl for food: see kosaka.
-- 4. a cocoon, see -- ˚k!raka; -- 5. the membranous cover of the male sexual organ, the praeputium J v.197.
The Com. expls by sar"ra -- sa'kh!ta k˚. See cpd. kosohita. Cp. also kos". -- !rakkha the keeper of the
king's treasury (or granary) A iii.57; -- ohita ensheathed, in phrase kosohita vatthaguyha "having the
pudendum in a bag." Only in the brahmin cosmogonic myth of the superman (mah! -- purisa) D iii.143,
161. Applied as to this item, to the Buddha D i.106 (in the Cy DA i.275, correct the misprint kesa into
kosa) D ii.17; Sn 1022 pp. 106, 107; Miln 167. For the myth see Dial iii.132 -- 136. -- k!raka the "cocoon --
maker," i. e. the silk -- worm, Vin iii.224; Vism 251. -- ko&&h!g!ra "treasury and granary" usually in phrase
paripu**a -- k -- k (adj.) "with stores of treasures and other wealth" Vin i.342; D i.134; S i.89; Miln 2; &
passim.
Kosa
Kosa2 at VvA 349 is marked by Hardy, Index and trsld by scar or pock. It should be corrected to kesa, on
evidence of corresp. passage in ThA 267 (cp. koccha).
Kosaka
Kosaka [fr. kosa] 1. a sheath for a needle J iii.282; - 2. a bowl, container, or vessel for food J i.349 (v. l.
kesaka); M ii.6, 7, ( -- ˚!h!ra adj. living on a bowl -- full of food; also a..ha˚) Vism 263. -- 3. case for a
key (kuñcik!˚) Vism 251.
Kosajja
Kosajja (nt.) [From kus"ta] idleness, sloth, indolence; expld at Vbh 369. -- Vin ii.2; S v.277 -- 280; A i.11,
16; ii.218; iii.375, 421; v.146 sq.; 159 sq.; A iv.195= Dh 241; Miln 351; Vism 132; Nett 127; DhA iii.347;
iv.85; DhsA 146; SnA 21.