Kiccakicca, Kiccākicca, Kiccākiccā, Kicca-akicca: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

kiccākicca : (nt.) what should be done and not be done.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kiccākiccā refers to: pl. (kicca+kicca, see Trenckner, Notes J. P. T. S. 1908, 127; cp. ṭhānāṭhāna, bhavābhava maggāmagga, phalāphala, etc.) duties of all kinds, various duties: ativasā assu kiccākiccesu “they shall serve me in all duties” Dh. 74 (DhA. II, 78=khuddakamahantesu karaṇīyesu “in small and great duties”); °esu yuttapayutto māṇavo (cp. a maid “of all work”) VvA. 298; °esu ussukā endeavouring to do all duties Sn. 298 (but explained at SnA 319 as “zeal in what is to be done and what is not to be done, ” taken as kicca+ akicca cp. akicca);

Note: kiccākiccā is a Pali compound consisting of the words kicca and akiccā.

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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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