neuter · kaṭṭha 1.1 · kaṭṭha 2.1
till
Kaṭṭha 1 [Sanskrit kr̥ṣṭa, past participle of kāsati, cf. kiṭṭha] ploughed, tilled Snp 80; Miln 255; Pv-a 45, 62. a° untilled, unprepared Anāg 27. su° well-ploughed A I 229; Miln 255. Kaṭṭha 2 (adjective) [Sanskrit kaṣṭa] bad, useless: see kaṭṭhaka 2 . Only in compounds; perhaps also in pakaṭṭhaka. -aṅga pithless, sapless, of no value (of trees) Ja II 163 = Dhp-a I 144; -mukha "with the injurious mouth," a kind of snake As 300. Kaṭṭha 3 (neuter) [Sanskrit kāṣṭha, cf. Old High German holz] 1. a piece of wood, especially a stick used as fuel, chips, firewood S I 168 = Snp 462; M I 234 (+ kaṭhala); Pv-a 256 (+ tiṇa). In phrase "sattussada sa-tiṇa-kaṭṭh'odaka sa-dhañña" (densely populated with good supply of grass, firewood, water, and corn) in stereotypical description of a prosperous place (cf. Xenophon's πόλις οίκονμένη εὺδαιμων Καὶ μεγάλη) D I 87, 111, etc. Both singular (collective) and plural as "sticks" D II 341, especially in phrase kaṭṭhaṃ phāleti to chop sticks Vin I 31; Snp page 104; Ja II 144; Pv II 9 51 (= Pv-a 135), or k°ṃ pāteti (phāṭeti = phāleti? See pāteti) M I 21. Frequent also in similes: M I 241 = II 93 = III 95 (alla k.); M III 242 = S II 97 = IV 215 = V 212 (dve k.); A III 6 (+ kaṭhala); IV 72 (+ tiṇa); I 124 = Pp 30, 36 (+ kaṭhala). 2. a piece of stick used for building huts (wattle and daub) M I 190. 3. a stick, in avalekhana° (for scraping) Vin II 141, 221, and in danta° a tooth-stick Vv-a 63, etc. (see danta). 4. (adjective) in compounds = of wood, wooden -aggi wood-fire, natural fire A IV 41, 45, enumerated last among the 7 fires; -atthaṃ for the purpose of fuel, in phrase k. pharati to serve as fuel A II 95 = S III 93 = It 90 = Ja I 482; -atthara a mat made of twigs (cf. kaṭasāra) Ja V 197, also as -attharika (and °kā) Ja VI 21; Dhp-a I 135; feminine at Ja I 9; IV 329; VI 57; -kaliṅgara chips and chaff Dhp-a III 122 (cf. k.-khaṇḍa); -khaṇḍa a piece of wood, splinter, chip, suggesting something useless, trifling Dhp-a I 321 (as explanation of niratthaṃ va kaliṅgaraṃ); Thig-a 284 (as explanation of chuṭṭho kaliṅgaraṃ viya); -tāla a wooden key Vin II 148 (cf. Vinaya Texts III 162); -tāḷa a wooden gong As 319; -tumba a wooden vessel Vin I 205; -pādukā a wooden shoe, clog Vin I 188; -puñja a heap of wood A IV 72; Ja II 327; -phālaka woodcutter Vism 413; -bhatin a woodcutter Dīp XX 28, where given as a nickname of King Tissa; -mañcaka a wooden bed Miln 366; -maya wooden Vin I 203; Ja I 289 = V 435; -rūpa (and °ka) a wooden figure, doll Ja I 287; -vāha a cartload of firewood S II 84; -vāhana riding on a faggot Ja I 136; -vipalāvita drifting wood Ja I 326; -hatthin a wooden elephant, built by order of King Caṇḍapajjota to decoy King Udena (cf. the horse of Troy) Dhp-a I 193; -hāraka (feminine °ikā) gathering firewood, an occupation of poor people M I 79; S I 180; Ja I 134; II 412; IV 148; V 417; Miln 331; Vism 120; Vv-a 173; -hārin = °hāraka Vin III 41; Ja I 133 (title of Ja no. 7. referred to at Dhp-a I 349).
wood; a piece of wood, a stick, a twig; especially wood used as fuel, kindling, firewood; (past participle adjective) plowed
【中】 木材。~tthara,【中】 木床，以小枝製成的墊。~maya,【形】 木製的。
(nt, nt) stick; plank; log; wood; timber timber, piece of wood
(pp, pp of kasati) ploughed; tilled; farmed; cultivated ploughed, tilled [lit.] dragged Construction: √kas + ta