Kakaca: 4 definitions
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Kakaca means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Pali-English dictionary
kakaca : (m.) a saw.
Kakaca, (onomat. to sound root kṛ, cp. note on gala; Sk. krakaca) a saw Th. 1, 445; J. IV, 30; V, 52; VI, 261; DA. I, 212; in simile °-ūpama ovāda M. I, 129. Another simile of the saw (a man sawing a tree) is found at Ps. I, 171, quoted & referred to at Vism. 280, 281.
1) kakaca (ကကစ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[kaca+a．kaca bandhane dvittaṃ kakaco．,ṭī．58va．]
[ကစ+အ။ ကစ ဗန္ဓနေ ဒွိတ္တံ ကကစော။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၅၈ဝ။]
2) kakaca (ကကစ) [(pu,na) (ပု၊န)]—
[ka+kaca+a．ka iti kacati pāṭayatīti kaco．,ṭī．528．]
[က+ကစ+အ။ က ဣတိ ကစတိ ပါဋယတီတိ ကစော။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၅၂၈။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) kakaca—
(Burmese text): လွှ၊ လွှငယ်။
(Auto-Translation): Butterfly, small butterfly.
2) kakaca—
(Burmese text): ဆူးပင်တစ်မျိုး။
(Auto-Translation): A type of bamboo.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ka, A, Kaca.
Starts with (+0): Kakacadanta, Kakacadantagati, Kakacadantapanti, Kakacadantasadisa, Kakacagni, Kakacakhanda, Kakacakoti, Kakacakuttam, Kakacancuka, Kakacandeshvari, Kakacandeshvarimata, Kakacandi, Kakacandinatha, Kakacandishvara, Kakacaritra, Kakacattuvam, Kakacokantaka, Kakacokantana, Kakacopama, Kakacupama.
Full-text (+4): Kacati, Kaca, Kakacopama, Kakacadanta, Kakacakoti, Phutthaphutthakakacadanta, Kakacokantana, Kakacokantaka, Kakacadantapanti, Khandhakakaca, Kacca, Kakacupama, Kakacakhanda, Kacapa, Kacangala, Kavaca, Kacakacata, Kacamala, Kakacakuttam, Kakacchati.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 42 < [Volume 9 (1910)]
Majjhima Nikaya (Middle Discourses)
Discourse 21: The Simile of the Saw < [Opamma-vagga: The Chapter of Similes]
Discourse 28: The Longer Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint < [Opamma-vagga: The Chapter of Similes]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 606 < [Marathi-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
2. Various other Upper Garments and Lower Garments < [Chapter 2 - Costumes]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Status of Women in the Matsya Purāṇa < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]