Pāli Dictionary

kaṇha

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

kāla, pāpaka, pāpimant, pāpa, pāpikā, kāḷa, kāḷaka, ariṭṭhaka,

Antonyms

sukka, akaṇha

general

  • black; dark

  • AN 6.57

    pūraṇena, bhante, kassapena chaḷabhijātiyo paññattā, kaṇh'ābhijāti paññattā, nīl'ābhijāti paññattā, lohit'ābhijāti paññattā, halidd'ābhijāti paññattā, sukk'ābhijāti paññattā, paramasukk'ābhijāti paññattā.

  • Dhp 87

    kaṇhaṃ dhammaṃ vippahāya, sukkaṃ bhāvetha paṇḍito, okā anokam'āgamma, viveke yattha dūramaṃ.

  • (proper noun) Kṛṣṇa; Viṣṇu; or name of various individuals (e.g., a Pacceka Buddha, an ascetic)

  • MN 116

    jeto jayanto padumo uppalo ca, padum'uttaro rakkhito pabbato ca, mānatthaddho sobhito vītarāgo, kaṇho ca buddho suvimuttacitto.

ethics

  • evil; wicked; bad; unwholesome (often contrasted with sukka)

  • Snp 3.6

    dubhayāni viceyya paṇḍarāni, ajjhattaṃ bahiddhā ca suddhipañño, kaṇhaṃ sukkaṃ upātivatto, paṇḍito tādi pavuccate tathattā.

  • Dhp 87

    kaṇhaṃ dhammaṃ vippahāya, sukkaṃ bhāvetha paṇḍito, okā anokam'āgamma, viveke yattha dūramaṃ.

cosmology

  • (as noun) the Dark One; an epithet of Māra or evil forces

  • Thag 20.1

    yo vejayantapāsādaṃ, pād'aṅguṭṭhena kampayi, tādisaṃ bhikkhum'āsajja, kaṇha dukkhaṃ nigacchasi.

  • Snp 4.16

    theyyaṃ na kāre na musā bhaṇeyya, mettāya phasse tasathāvarāni, yadāvilattaṃ manaso vijaññā, kaṇhassa pakkho'ti vinodayeyya.

Encyclopedia

9 entries

Kaṇha
Person

  • A name for Māra.

Kaṇha2
Person

  • A name for the Bodhisatta when born into a brahmin family and later became a sage known as Kaṇha-tāpasa, one of the lives whose recollection made the Buddha smile.

Kaṇha3
Other

  • Another name for Vāsudeva, said to derive from his belonging to the Kaṇhāyana clan.

Kaṇha4
Person

  • Son of the slave-girl Disā of Okkāka, so named for his dark colour and his speaking like a devil at birth, who later became a mighty seer and won King Okkāka’s daughter Maddarūpī by displaying supernatural powers, becoming ancestor of the Kaṇhāyana clan.

Kaṇha5
Person

  • A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in the Isigili Sutta.

MN 116
Kaṇha6
Other

  • A fierce black dog appearing in the Mahākaṇha Jātaka.

Kaṇha7
Other

  • An alternate name referring to the sage Kaṇhadīpāyana.

Kaṇhā
Personapproximate

  • In the Jātaka retelling of the Mahābhārata story, the daughter of the king of Kosala adopted by Brahmadatta of Bārāṇasī, who chose the five sons of King Paṇḍu as her husbands and is identified with Draupadī.

Kaṇhā2
Otherapproximate

  • An alternate name referring to Kaṇhājinā, the daughter of Prince Vessantara.

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