Pāli Dictionary

khaṇḍa1

approximate

khaṇḍrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

desa, padesa, bhāga, aṃsa, koṭṭhāsa

Antonyms

akhaṇḍa

general

  • a piece; part; portion; fragment; (also) a break, breach, gap, failure (in continuity or observance)

  • SN 35.87

    seyyathā'pi, āvuso, balavā puriso daḷhena varattakkhaṇḍena sīse sīsaveṭhaṃ dadeyya, evam'eva kho, āvuso, adhimattā sīse sīsavedanā.

  • AN 7.50

    idam'pi kho, brāhmaṇa, brahmacariyassa khaṇḍam'pi chiddam'pi sabalam'pi kammāsam'pi.

khaṇḍa2

approximate

khaṇḍrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

khaṇḍ8break

Synonyms

sadosa

Antonyms

akhaṇḍa

general

  • broken; damaged; defective; incomplete

  • AN 4.192

    idha, bhikkhave, puggalo puggalena saddhiṃ saṃvasamāno evaṃ jānāti, dīgharattaṃ kho ayam'āyasmā khaṇḍakārī chiddakārī sabalakārī kammāsakārī, na santatakārī na santatavutti, sīlesu dussīlo ayam'āyasmā, n'āyam'āyasmā sīlavā'ti.

khaṇḍa3

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • a mountain pass; a gap in a hill/mountain range

khaṇḍa4

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

doctrine

  • Khaṇḍa, name of one of the two chief disciples of Vipassī Buddha

  • DN 14

    atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa etadahosi, ayaṃ kho khaṇḍo ca rājaputto tisso ca purohitaputto bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā paṭivasanti paṇḍitā viyattā medhāvino dīgharattaṃ apparaj'akkhajātikā.

khaṇḍa5

approximate

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • candy; crystallised (rock) sugar

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Khanda
Person

  • The chief disciple of Vipassī Buddha, whose step-brother he was; the Buddha gave his first discourse to him and his friend Tissa in the Deer Park at Khema.

Khanda2
Person

  • The name of a god, the Pāli equivalent of the Sanskrit Skanda, mentioned alongside Siva in the Udāna Commentary.

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