neuter
gold
Kañcana (neuter) [derivation uncertain, cf. Sanskrit kāñeana, either from khacati (shine = the shining metal, cf. kāca (glass) and Sanskrit kāś), or from kanaka gold, cf. Greek κνηκός (yellow). Pāli kañcana is poetical] — gold A III 346 = Thag 691 (muttaṃ selā va k.); Thig 266 (k°ssa phalakaṃ va); Vv-a 4, 9 (= jātarūpa). Especially frequent in compounds = of or like gold. -agghika a golden garland Bv X. 26; -agghiya the same Bv V 29; -āveḷā the same Ja VI 49; Vv 36 2 ; Pv II 12 7 (thus {176} for °ācela); III 9 3 ; Pv-a 157; -kadalikkhaṇḍa a g. bunch of bananas Ja VI 13; -thūpa a gilt stupa Dhp-a III 483; IV 120; -patimā a gilt or golden image or statue Ja VI 553; Vv-a 168; -paṭṭa a g. turban or coronet Ja VI 217; -patta a g. dish Ja V 377; -pallaṅka a gilt palanquin Ja I 204; -bimba the golden bimba fruit Vv 36 6 (but explained at Vv-a 168 by majjita-k.-paṭimā-sadisa "like a polished golden statue"); -bubbula a gilt ornament in form of a ball Mhv 34, 74; -rūpa a g. figure Ja III 93; -latā g. strings surrounding the royal drum Ja VI 589; -vaṇṇa of g. colour, gilt, shining, bright Ja V 342 (= paṇḍara); -velli a g. robe, girdle or waist cloth Ja V 398 (but explained as "k.-rūpakāsadisa-sarīra "having a body like a g. statue"), cf. Ja V 306, where velli is explained by kacchā, girdle; -sannibha like g., golden-coloured (cf. k.-vaṇṇa and Sanskrit kanaka-varṇa Avś I 121, 135, etc.), in phrase °taca "with golden-coloured skin," epithet of the Buddha and one of the 32 signs of a great man (Mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇa) D II 17; III 143, 159; M II 136; Miln 75; attribute of a devatā Vv 30 2 , 32 2 ; Vv-a 284; of a bhikkhu Snp 551 = Thag 821; -sūci a gold pin, a hair-pin of gold Ja VI 242.
gold
【中】 黃金。~vaṇṇa,【形】 金色。
(nt, nt) gold gold [lit.] shining Construction: √kañc + ana