– C – Concise Pali-english Dictionary

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ca : [copulative or disjunctive particle] and; then; now.

cakita : [adj.] disturbed; afraid.

cakora : [m.] the francolin partridge.

cakka : [nt.] a wheel; circle; disc; cycle; command.

cakkaṅkita : [adj.] having a wheelmark.

cakkapāṇī : [m.] the God Vishnu (in whose hand is a disc).

cakkayuga : [nt.] a pair of wheels.

cakkaratana : [nt.] jewel wheel of a universal monarch.

cakkavattī : [m.] a universal monarch.

cakkavāka : [m.] the ruddy goose.

cakkavālapabbata : [m.] the (circular) rock supposed to encircle the earth.

cakkavāḷa : [m.; nt.] a world-circle; a solar system.

cakkavāḷagabbha : [m.] the interior of a world-circle.

cakkasamārūḷha : [adj.] having mounted their vehicles (in an emergency).

cakkhu : [nt.] the eye.

cakkhuka : [adj.] having eyes.

cakkhuda : [adj.] one who gives the eye (of understanding).

cakkhudada : [adj.] one who gives the eye (of understanding).

cakkhudhātu : [f.] the element of vision.

cakkhupatha : [m.] the range of vision.

cakkhubhūta : [adj.] possessor of right understanding.

cakkhumantu : [adj.] endowed with eyes.

cakkhulola : [adj.] greedy to see many things.

cakkhuviññāṇa : [nt.] visual cognition.

cakkhuviññeyya : [adj.] to be apperceived by the sense of sight.

cakkhusamphassa : [m.] contact with the vision.

cakkhussa : [adj.] good for the eyes.

caṅkama : [m.] a terraced walk; walking up and down.

caṅkamati : [kam + ṃ – a; kam is doubled and the former k is changed to c] walks up and down.

caṅkamana : [nt.] a terraced walk; walking up and down.

caṅkamanta : [pr.p. of caṅkamati] walking up and down.

caṅkami : [aor. of caṅkamati] walked up and down.

caṅkamitvā : [abs. of caṅkamati] having walked up and down.

caṅgavāra : [m.] milk-strainer.

caṅgoṭaka : [m.] a casket.

caccara : [nt.] a courtyard; a cross road.

cajati : [caj + a] lets loose; abandons; gives up.

cajana : [nt.] leaving aside; abandonment.

cajanta : [pr.p. of cajati] letting loose; abandoning.

cajamāna : [pr.p. of cajati] letting loose; abandoning.

caji : [aor. of cajati] let loose; abandoned; gave up.

cañcala : [adj.] unsteady; moving.

caṭaka : [m.] a sparrow. || cātaka (m.) a hornbill.

caṇaka : [m.] gram

caṇḍa : [adj.] fierce; violent; passionate.

caṇḍasota : [m.] violent stream.

caṇḍahatthī : [m.] a fierce elephant.

caṇḍāla : [m.] an outcaste or untouchable.

caṇḍālakula : [nt.] the lowest caste.

caṇḍālī : [f.] a caṇḍāla woman.

caṇḍikka : [nt.] ferocity.

catu : [adj.] four.

catukka : [nt.] a set of four; a cross road.

catukkaṇṇa : rectangular; having four corners.

catukkhattuṃ : [adv.] four times.

catugguṇa : [adj.] four-fold; quadruple.

catucattāḷīsati : [f.] forty-four.

catujjātigandha : [m.] four kinds of perfumes, viz. saffron, jasmine,Turkish plant named Turukkha, and a kind of Greek flower.

catuttiṃsati : [f.] thirty-four.

catuttha : [adj.] fourth.

catudoṇika : [adj.] holding 4 doṇas.

catuddasa : [adj.] fourteen.

catuddisā : [f.] the four quarters of the globe. || cātuddisa (adj.), belonging to the four directions.

catudvāra : [adj.] having four gates.

catudhā : [adv.] in four ways.

catunavuti : [f.] ninety-four.

catupaccaya : [m.] the four requisites. viz. food, clothing, medicine and lodgings.

catupaññāsā : [f.] fifty-four.

catupaṇṇāsā : [f.] fifty-four.

catuparisā : [f.] the fourfold assembly, viz. monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen

catuppada : [m.] a quadruped.

catubbaṇṇā : [m. (plu.)] people of the four castes.

catubbidha : [adj.] fourfold.

catubbhidha : [adj.] fourfold.

catubhūmaka : [adj.] having four storeys or stages.

catumadhura : [nt.] the four sweets; ghee, honey, sugar and sesemum oil.

catura : [adj.] clever; skilled; shrewd.

caturaṃsa : [adj.] having four edges.

caturaṅgika : [adj.] consisting of four divisions.

caturaṅgula : [adj.] measuring four inches.

caturanginī : [f.] (an army) consisting of elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry.

caturassa : [adj.] quadrangular.

caturāsīti : [f.] eighty-four.

catuvīsati : [f.] twenty-four.

catusaṭṭhi : [f.] sixty-four.

catusattati : [f.] seventy-four.

catta : [pp. of cajati] given up; sacrificed.

cattutthī : [f.] the fourth day of a fortnight; the fourth case, i.e. Dative.

cana : a particle used to express a portion of a whole: kudācana, sometimes

canaṃ : a particle used to express a portion of a whole: kudācana, sometimes

canda : [m.] the moon.

candaggāha : [m.] eclipse of the moon.

candana : [m.] sandal-wood tree. (nt.), sandal-wood.

candanasāra : [m.] the essence of sandal-wood.

candanikā : [f.] a cesspool.

candamaṇḍala : [nt.] the disc of the moon.

candikā : [f.] moonlight.

candimantu : [m.] the moon.

candimā : [m.] the moon.

capala : [adj.] fickle; wavering; unsteady.

capalatā : [f.] fickleness.

capu-capu-kārakaṃ : [adv.] making such a sound while eating or drinking.

camara : [m.] the yak ox (in the Himalayan regions). || cāmara (nt.) a chowrie; the tail of the yak used as a whisk.

camarī : [m.] the yak ox (in the Himalayan regions).

camū : [f.] an army.

camūnātha : [m.] a general of an army.

camūpati : [m.] a general of an army.

campaka : [m.] the tree Michelia Champaka.

campā : [f.] name of a town in India; present Bhagalpore.

campeyyaka : [adj.] belonging to Campā.

camma : [nt.] a hide; leather.

cammakāra : [m.] a tanner.

cammakhaṇḍa : [m.] a piece of leather used as rug.

cammapasibbaka : [m.] a leather bag.

caya : [m.] piling; heaping; a mass.

cayaniṭṭhakā : brick.

cara : one who walks or frequents; 2. a spy. || cāra (m.), motion; action; process; going.

caraka : one who walks or frequents; 2. a spy. || cāraka (adj.), one who causes to move or act. (m.) a prison.

caraṇa : [nt.] walking about; the foot; conduct; behaviour. || caraṇā (f.), wandering. cāraṇa (nt.) to causing move or act; management.

carati : [car + a] walks or roams about; behaves; practises; performs.

caranta : [pr.p. of carati] walking or roaming about.

caramāna : [pr.p. of carati] walking or roaming about.

carahi : [ind.] now.

carāpeti : [caus. of carati] causes to move or practise; circulates.

carāpesi : [aor. of carāpeti] caused to move or practise; circulated.

cari : [aor. of carati] walked or roamed about; behaved. || cārī (adj.), (in cpds.) acting; practising; living; behaving.

carita : [pp. of carati] walked or roamed about; behaved. (nt.) 1. character; behaviour; 2. life. || cārita (pp. of cāretvā), set going; pastured.

caritu : [m.] performer; observer.

caritvā : [abs. of carati] having walked or roamed about.

carima : [adj.] the last; subsequent.

carimaka : [adj.] the last; subsequent.

cariyā : [f.] conduct; behaviour.

cala : [adj.] moving; quivering; unsteady. || cāla (m.) a shock; a sudden agitation.

calacitta : having a fickle mind.

calati : [cal + a] moves; stirs; trembles; to be agitated.

calana : [nt.] movement; trembling; agitation

calanta : [pr.p. of calati] moving; stiring; trembling.

calamāna : [pr.p. of calati] moving; stiring; trembling.

cali : [aor. of calati] moved; stired; trembled.

calita : [pp. of calati] moved; stired; trembled. || cālita (pp. of caleti), shaken.

calitvā : [abs. of calati] having moved; having stired; having trembled

cavati : [cu + a] passes away; dies; falls away; shifts; passes from one state of existence into another.

cavana : [nt.] 1. shifting; 2. falling away; 3. death. || cāvanā (f.) making to shift.

cavanta : [pr.p. of cavati] falling away; shifting.

cavamāna : [pr.p. of cavati] falling away; shifting.

cavi : [aor. of cavati] fell away; shifted.

cavitvā : [abs. of cavati] having fallen away; having shifted.

cassita : [pp. of vassati] in the case of rain.

cāga : [m.] gift; abandoning; giving up; generosity.

cāgānussati : [f.] remembrance of one’s generosity.

cāgī : [m.] one who abandons or donates.

cājitvā : [abs. of cajati] having let loose; having abandoned; having given up.

cāṭi : [f.] a jar; a pot.

cāṭukamyatā : [f.] flattery.

cātuddasī : [f.] the 14th day of a fortnight.

cātuddīpaka : [adj.] covering the four continents or sweeping over the whole earth.

cātummahāpatha : [m.] the place where four roads meet.

cātummahābhūtika : [adj.] consisting of the four great elements.

cātummahārājika : [adj.] belonging to the retinue of four Deva kings, inhabiting the lowest Deva heaven.

cāturiya : [nt.] skill; shrewdness.

cāpa : [m.] a bow.

cāpalla : [nt.] fickleness

cāmīkara : [nt.] gold.

cāraṇika : [nt.] pantomime.

cārikā : [f.] a journey; wandering.

cāritta : [nt.] custom; conduct; practice; calling on.

cāru : [adj.] charming; beautiful; pleasant.

cārudassana : [adj.] lovely to behold.

cāreti : [caus. of carati] causes to set going; causes to pasture; causes to feast one’s senses.

cāretvā : [abs. of cāreti] having caused to set going.

cārenta : [pr.p. of cāreti] setting going; pasturing.

cāresi : [aor. of cāreti] caused to set going; caused to pasture.

cālayamāna : [pr.p. of cāleti] causing to shake. (pr.p. of calati), shaking.

cāleti : [caus. of calati] causes to shake; causes to agitate.

cāletvā : [abs. of calati] having caused to shake. (abs. of cāleti), having shaken; having agitated.

cālenta : [pr.p. of calati] causing to shake. (pr.p. of cāleti), shaking.

cālesi : [aor. of cāleti] caused to shake; caused to agitate. (aor. of calati), shoke.

cāvita : [pp. of cāveti] brought to fall; driven away.

cāveti : [caus. of cavati] causes to bring to fall; causes to drive away; causes to distract.

cāvetvā : [abs. of cāveti] having caused to bring to fall; having caused to drive away.

cāventa : [pr.p. of cāveti] causing to bring to fall.

cāvesi : [aor. of cāveti] caused to bring to fall; caused to drive away.

ci : an indefinite interrogative particle: koci = some one.

cikkhalla : [nt.] mire; mud; swamp.

ciṅgulaka : [nt.] a flying wheel made of a palm leaves, etc.

ciṅgulāyati : [deno. of ciṅgula] revolves round.

cicciṭāyati : [onom.] hisses; fizzes; makes the sound chit chit.

ciñcā : [f.] tamarind.

ciṭiciṭāyati : [v.] makes the sound citi-citi.

ciṇṇa : [pp. of cināti] practised; made a habit of; accomplished.

cita : [pp. of cināti] heaped; lined or faced with.

citaka : [m.] funeral pile; pyre.

citi : [f.] a heap; a cairn.

citta : [nt.] mind; thought; (m.), name of a month: March-April. (adj.), variegated; manifold; beautiful. (nt.), a painting; picture.

cittaka : [nt.] a sectarian mark on the forehead.

cittakata : [adj.] adorned; made by the mind.

cittakathika : [adj.] a brilliant speaker; an orator.

cittakathī : [adj.] a brilliant speaker; an orator.

cittakamma : [nt] painting; the art of painting; ornamentation.

cittakāra : [m.] a painter; decorator.

cittakūṭa : [m.] name of a mountain.

cittakkhepa : [m.] derangement of the mind.

cittatara : [adj.] more varied or diversified.

cittatā : [f.] variegation; (in cpds.) being of such a mind.

cittapassaddhi : [f.] serenity of mind.

cittamudutā : [f.] plasticity of mind.

cittavikkhepa : [m.] madness.

cittavisuddhi : [f.] purity of the mind.

cittasantāpa : [m.] sorrow.

cittasamatha : [m.] collectedness of thought.

cittāgāra : [(citta + āgāra), nt.] a picture.

cittānupassanā : [(citta + anupassanā), f.] a critique of heart.

cittābhoga : [(citta + ābhoga), m.] consideration.

cittīkāra : [m.] respect; consideration.

cittujjukatā : [(citta + ujjukatā), f.] rectitude of mind.

cittuttarāsa : [(citta + uttarāsa), m.] terror; fear.

cittuppāda : [(citta + uppāda), m.] rise of a thought.

citra : [nt.] mind; thought; (m.), name of a month: March-April. (adj.), variegated; manifold; beautiful. (nt.), a painting; picture.

cinanta : [pr.p. of cināti] collecting; accumulating.

cinamāna : [pr.p. of cināti] collecting; accumulating.

cināti : [ci + nā] heaps up; collects; accumulates.

cini : [aor. of cināti] heaped up; collected; accumulated.

cinitvā : [abs. of cināti] having heaped up; having collected.

cintaka : [adj.] considerate; thoughtful; (m.) a thinker.

cintana : [f.] thinking; thought; consideration.

cintanaka : [adj.] considerate; thoughtful; (m.) a thinker.

cintayamāna : [pr.p. of cinteti] thinking; reflecting.

cintā : [f.] thinking; thought; consideration.

cintāmaṇi : [m.] a wish-fulfilling gem.

cintāmaya : [adj.] consisting of thought.

cintita : [pp. of cinteti] thought out; invented; devised.

cintiya : [abs. of cinteti] having thought.

cintī : [adj.] (in cpds.), thinking of.

cintetabba : [pt.p of cinteti] should be considered.

cinteti : [cint + e] thinks; reflects; considers.

cintetvā : [abs. of cinteti] having thought.

cintenta : [pr.p. of cinteti] thinking; reflecting.

cinteyya : [adj.] what should be considered.

cintesi : [aor. of cinteti] thought; reflected; considered.

cimilikā : [f.] a case for pillow, etc.

cira : [adj.] lasting long. || cīra (nt.), fibre; a strip; a bark dress.

ciraṃ : [adv] (for) a long time.

cirakāla : [m.] a long time.

cirakālaṃ : [adv.] a long time.

ciraṭṭhitika : [adj.] lasting long; perpetual.

cirataraṃ : [adv.] a further long time.

cirattaṃ : [adv.] a long time.

cirattāya : [adv.] for a long time.

ciradikkhita : [adj.] having long since become a monk.

ciranivāsī : [adj.] dweller for a long time.

cirapaṭikā : [ind.] long since.

cirapabbajita : [adj.] having long since become a monk.

cirappavāsī : [adj.] a person long absent from his home.

cirarattaṃ : [adv.] for a long time.

cirasanthuta : [adj.] acquainted for a long time.

cirassaṃ : [adv.] a very long time; at last.

cirāya : [adv.] for a long time.

cirāyati : [deno. from cira] tarries; delays.

cirāyanta : [pr.p. of cirāyati] tarrying; delaying.

cirāyi : [aor. of cirāyati] tarried; delayed.

cirāyita : [pp. of cirāyati] tarried; delayed.

cirāyitvā : [abs. of cirāyati] having tarried.

cirecetvā : [abs. of vireceti] having purged.

cirena : [adv.] after a long time.

cīnapiṭṭha : [nt.] red lead.

cīnaraṭṭha : [nt.] China.

cīraka : [nt] fibre; a strip; a bark dress.

cīrī : [f.] a cricket.

cīvara : [nt.] the yellow robe (of a Buddhist monk).

cīvarakaṇṇa : [nt.] the lappet of a robe.

cīvarakamma : [nt.] robe-making.

cīvarakāra : [m.] deviser of a robe; robe-maker.

cīvaradāna : [nt.] donation of robes.

cīvaradussa : [nt.] cloth for robes.

cīvararajju : [f.] a rope for hanging the robes.

cīvaravaṃsa : [m.] a bamboo for hanging up robes.

cuṇṇa : [nt.] powder; chunam; soap-powder.

cuṇṇaka : [nt.] scented powder.

cuṇṇakacālanī : [f.] a sieve.

cuṇṇakajāta : [adj.] reduced to powder.

cuṇṇavicuṇṇa : [adj.] crushed to bits; smashed.

cuṇṇita : [pp. of cuṇṇeti] ground; powdered; crushed.

cuṇṇīyati : [pass. of cuṇṇeti] is ground.

cuṇṇeti : [cuṇṇ + e] grinds; powders; crushes.

cuṇṇetvā : [abs. of cuṇṇeti] having ground; having powdered; having crushed.

cuṇṇenta : [pr.p. of cuṇṇeti] grinding; powdering.

cuṇṇesi : [aor. of cuṇṇeti] ground; powdered; crushed.

cuta : [pp. of codeti] incited; reproved; accused. (pp. of cavati), fallen away; shifted.

cuti : [f.] shifting; passing away; vanishing.

cuditaka : [m.] an accused; (adj.), being reproved.

cuddasa : [adj.] fourteen.

cundakāra : [m.] a turner.

cubuka : [nt.] the chin.

cumbaṭa : [nt.] a pad; a coil.

cumbaṭaka : [nt.] a pad; a coil.

cumbati : [cumb + a] kisses.

cumbanta : [pr.p. of cumbati] kissing.

cumbamāna : [pr.p. of cumbati] kissing.

cumbi : [aor. of cumbati] kissed.

cumbita : [pp. of cumbati] kissed.

cumbitvā : [abs. of cumbati] having kissed.

culla : [adj.] small; minor.

cullantevāsika : [m.] a page.

cullapitu : [m] uncle.

cullupaṭṭhāka : [(culla + upaṭṭhāka), m.] a personal attendant; page boy.

cūcuka : [nt.] the nipple; teat.

cūla : [adj.] small; minor. || cūḷā (f.) crest; a lock of hair left on the crown of the head; cockscomb.

cūḷāmaṇi : [m.] diadem; a jewel worn in the crest.

cūḷikā : [f.] a knot of hair.

ce : [conditional particle] if.

ceṭaka : [m.] a servant boy.

ceṭikā : [f.] a maid servant.

ceṭī : [f.] a maid servant.

ceta : [m.; nt.] (mano-group), thought; intention; purpose. || ceṭa (m.), a servant boy.

cetanā : [f.] intention.

cetayati : [cit + aya] perceives; thinks.

cetayi : [aor. of cetayitvā] perceived; thought.

cetayita : [pp. of cetayitvā] perceived; thought.

cetayitvā : [abs. of cetayitvā] having perceived; having thought.

cetasa : [adj.] (in cpds.), having the purpose of. pāpacetasa = evil-minded.

cetasika : [adj.] mental; (nt.), a mental property.

cetāpeti : [cit + āpe] gets in exchange; barters.

cetiya : [nt.] a sepulchral monument; a pagoda.

cetiyagabbha : [m.] the dome of a pagoda.

cetiyaṅgaṇa : [nt.] the open space around a pagoda.

cetiyapabbata : [m.] name of a mountain in Ceylon, present Mihintale.

ceteti : see cetayati.

cetetvā : [abs. of cetayitvā] having perceived; having thought.

ceto : is the form that ceta takes in cpds.

cetokhila : [nt.] fallowness; waste of mind.

cetopaṇidhi : [f.] resolution; aspiration.

cetopariyañāṇa : [nt.] understanding the ways of others’ thought.

cetopasāda : [m.] gladdening of heart.

cetovimutti : [f.] emancipation of heart.

cetosamatha : [m.] calmness of mind.

cela : [nt.] cloth; garment.

celavitāna : [nt.] an awning.

celukkhepa : [(cela + ukkhepa) m.] waving of garments (as a sign of applause.)

coca : [m] banana.

cocapāna : [nt.] a sweet drink made of banana.

codaka : [m.] a plaintiff; one who censures of complains.

codanā : [f.] reproof; accusation; plaint.

codayamāna : [pr.p. of codeti] inciting; reproving.

codita : [pp. of codeti] incited; reproved; accused.

codiya : [abs. of codeti] having incited; having reproved; having accused.

codeti : [cud + e] incites; reproves; accuses.

codetu : [m.] a plaintiff; one who censures of complains.

codetvā : [abs. of codeti] having incited; having reproved; having accused.

codenta : [pr.p. of codeti] inciting; reproving.

codesi : [aor. of codeti] incited; reproved; accused.

copana : [nt.] stirring.

cora : [m.] a thief; robber.

coraghātaka : [m.] executioner of robbers.

corikā : [f.] theft.

corī : [f.] a female thief.

corupaddava : [(cora + upaddava) m.] an attack from robbers.

coḷa : [m.] cloth.

coḷaka : [nt.] a piece of cloth; a rag.

coḷaraṭṭha : [nt.] the country Coḷa in South India.

coḷiya : [adj.] belonging to the Coḷa country.