Katukancukata, Katukancuka-ta, Kaṭukañcukatā: 1 definition
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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKaṭukañcukatā, (f.) (der. by Bdhgh. as kaṭuka + añcuka (añc), a popular etymology (DhsA. 376). At Dhs. 1122 and as v. l. K in Vbh. we have the spelling kaṭakancukatā (for kaṭakuñcakatā?), on which and °kuñcaka see Morris, J. P. T. S. 1887, 159 sq. and Dhs. trsl. 300 n2. – Morris’derivation is kaṭa (kar) + kañcuka + tā (kañcuka=kuñcaka to kuñc, to contract), thus a dern fr. kañcuka “bodice” and meaning “being tightened in by a bodice, ” i.e. tightness. Although the reading kaṭukañc° is the established reading, the var. lect. kaṭakuñc° is probably etym. correct, semantically undoubtedly better. It has undergone dissimilatory vowel-metathesis under influence of popular analogy with kaṭuka. With kuñcikatā cp. the similar expression derived from the same root: kuṇalī-mukha, of a stingy person Pv. II, 928, which is explained by “saṅkucitaṃ mukhaṃ akāsi” (see kuñcita)) closeness, tightness, close-fistedness, niggardliness. explained as “the shrinking up of the heart, ” which prevents the flow or manifestation of generosity. It occurs only in the stock phrase “vevicchaṃ kadariyaṃ k. aggahitattaṃ cittassa” in macchariya-passage at Nd2 614=Dhs. 1122 =Pug. 19, 23=Vbh. 357, 371; and in the macchariya explanation at Vism. 470. (Page 177)
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.
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Partial matches: Katukancuka, Ta.
Starts with: Katukancukatapaccupatthana.
Full-text: Katukancukatapaccupatthana, Kutukuncaka, Kutakuncaka, Mucchancikata.
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