The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

with vatthu (field & farm cp. Haus und Hof), to denote objects of trade, etc. D i.5 (expld at DA i.78: khetta
n!ma yasmi' pubba**a' r(hati, vatthu n!ma yasmi' apara**a' r(hati, "kh. is where the first crop grows
and v. where the second." A similar expln at Nd1 248, where khetta is divided into s!li˚, v"hi. mugga˚,
m!sa˚, yava˚, godh(ma˚, tila˚, i. e. the pubba**!ni, and vatthu expld ghara˚, ko&&haka˚, pure˚, pacch!˚,
!r!ma˚, vih!ra˚ without ref. to a**a.) S ii.41; Sn 769. Together with other earthly possessions as wealth
(hirañña, suva**a) Sn 858; Nd2 on lepa, gaha&&ha, etc. As example in definition of visible objects Dhs 597;
Vbh 71 sq. -- Kas"˚ a tilled field, a field ready to bear Pv i.12, cp. PvA 8; j!ti˚ "a region in which a Buddha
may be born" (Hardy, after Childers s. khetta) PvA 138. Cp. the threefold division of a Buddha -- kkhetta at
Vism 414, viz. j!ti˚, !*!˚, visaya˚. -- 2. fig. (of kamma) the soil of merit, the deposit of good deeds, which,
like a fertile field, bears fruit to the advantage of the "giver" of gifts or the "doer" of good works. See
dakkhi*eyya˚, puñña˚ (see detailed expln at Vism 220; khetta here= vir(hana -- &&h!na), brahma˚. -- A
i.162, 223 (kamma', khetta', viññ!*a' b"ja'); iv.237; It 98; VvA 113. akhetta barren soil A iii.384
(akhettaññu not finding a good soil); iv.418 (do.); PvA 137. Sukhetta a good soil, fertile land S i.21; PvA
137; opp. dukkhetta S v.379. -- ûpama to be likened to a (fruitful) field, Ep. of an Arahant Pv i.11; --
kammanta work in the field A iii.77; -- gata turned into a field, of puññakamma "good work becoming a
field of merit" PvA 136, 191; -- gopaka a field watcher J iii.52; -- ja "born on one's land," one of the 4 kinds
of sons Nd1 247; Nd2 448; J i.135. -- jina one unsurpassed in the possession of a "field" Sn 523, 524; --
p!la one who guards a field J iii.54; -- mahantat! the supremeness of the field (of merit) VvA 108; --
rakkhaka the guardian of a field J ii.110; -- vatthu possession of land & goods (see above) D iii.164; S
v.473=A ii.209; A v.137; Pug 58; PvA 3; -- sampatti the successful attainment of a field of (merit) PvA
198; VvA 102; see VvA 30, 32 on the three sampattis, viz. khetta˚, citta˚, payoga˚; -- s!mika the owner of
the field Miln 47; VvA 311. -- sodhana the cleaning of the field (before it is ploughed) DhA iii.284.
Kheda
Kheda (adj.) [Sk. kheda fatigue, khedati; perhaps to Lat. caedo] subject to fatigue, tired VvA 276. -- As
noun "fatigue" at Vism 71.
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Khepa
Khepa [cp. khipati] ( -- ˚) throwing, casting, Sdhp 42. Usually in citta -- kkhepa loss of mind, perplexity Dh
138. Cp. vi˚, sa'˚.
Khepana
Khepana [cp. khepeti] -- ˚ the passing of, appld to time: !yu˚ VvA 311.
Khepita
Khepita [pp. of khepeti] destroyed, brought to waste, annihilated, khepitatta (nt.) the fact of being
destroyed, destruction, annihilation, DhA ii.163 (kilesava&&assa kh.).
Khepeti
Khepeti see khipati.
Khema
Khema [Vedic k+ema to k+i, cp. khetta] 1. (adj.) full of peace, safe; tranquil, calm D i.73 (of a country); S
i.123 (of the path leading to the ambrosial, i. e. Nibb!na) i.189=Sn 454 (of v!c! nibb!napattiy!); M i.227
(viva&a' amatadv!ra' khema' nibb!napattiy! "opened is the door to the Immortal, leading to peace, for the