masculine, neuter & masculine · kappa 1.1 · kappa 1.2
Kappa (adjective/noun) [Sanskrit kalpa, see kappeti for etymology and formation] anything made with a definite object in view, prepared, arranged; or that which is fit, suitable, proper. See also Sv I 103 and Pj I 115 for various meanings. I. Literal Meaning. 1. (adjective) fitting, suitable, proper (cf. °tā) (= kappiya) in kappākappesu kusalo Thag 251, °kovido Mhv 15, 16; Snp 911; as juice Miln 161. (—°) made as, like, resembling Vin I 290 (ahata°); Snp 35 (khaggavisāṇa°); hetu° acting as cause to Snp 16; Miln 105; — a° incomparable Mhv 14, 65; 2. (neuter) a fitting, i.e. harness or trapping (cf. kappana) Vv 20 9 (Vv-a 104); — a small black dot or smudge (kappabindu) imprinted on a new robe to make it lawful Vin I 255; IV 227, 286: also figurative a making-up (of a trick): lesa° Sv I 103; Vv-a 348. II. Applied Meaning. 1. (qualitative) ordinance, precept, rule; practice, manner Vin II 294, 301 (kappati siṅgiloṇa loṇa-kappo "fit is the rule concerning ... ."); cf. Mhv 4, 9; one of the chaḷaṅga, the 6 disciplines of Vedic interpretation, Vv-a 265; 2. (temporal) a "fixed" time, time with reference to individual and cosmic life. As āyu at Sv I 103 (cf. kappaṃ); as a cycle of time = saṃsāra at Snp 521, 535, 860 (na eti kappaṃ); as a measure of time: an age of the world Vin III 109; Miln 108; Saddh 256, 257; Pv-a 21; It 17 = Abhidh-av 87 = S II 185. There are 3 principal cycles or æons: mahā°, asaṅkheyya°, antara°; each mahā° consists of 4 asaṅkheyya-kappas, viz. saṃvaṭṭa° saṃvaṭṭaṭṭhāyi° vivaṭṭa° vivaṭṭaṭṭhāyi° A II 142; often abbreviated to saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭa° D I 14; It 15; frequent in formula ekam pi jātiṃ, etc. Vin III 4 = D III 51, 111 = It 99. On pubbanta° and aparanta°, past and future kappas see D I 12 f. paṭhama-kappe at the beginning of the world, once upon a time (cf. atīte) Ja I 207. When kappa stands by itself, a Mahā-kappa is understood: Sv I 162. A whole, complete kappa is designated by kevala° Snp page 18 = pages 46, 125; Snp 517; also dīgha° S II 181; Saddh 257. For similes as to the enormous length of a kappa see S II 181 and Sv I 164 = Pv-a 254. — accusative kappaṃ adverb: for a long time D II 103 = 115 = Ud 62, quotation at Sv I 103; Vin II 198; It 17; Miln 108; mayi āyukappaṃ Ja I 119, cf. Miln 141. Cf. saṅkappa. -ātīta one who has gone beyond time, an Arahant Snp 373; -āvasesaṃ (accusative) for the rest of the kappa, in kappaṃ vā k-āvasesaṃ vā D II 117 = A IV 309 = Ud 62; Miln 140: -āyuka (one) whose life extends over a kappa Mhv V 87; -uṭṭhāna arising at or belonging to the (end of a) kappa: °aggi the fire which destroys the Universe Ja II 397; III 185; IV 498; V 336; VI 554; Vism 304; °kāla the time of the end of the world Ja V 244; °uṭṭhāna (by itself) the end of the world Ja I 47 = Vism 415; -kata on which a kappa, i.e. smudge, has been made, reference to the cīvara of a bhikkhu {167} (see above) Vin I 255; IV 227, 286; Sv I 103; - (ñ)jaha (one) who has left time behind, free from saṃsāra, an Arahant Snp 1101 (but explained at Nidd II sub voce , see also Sv I 103, as free from dve kappā: diṭṭhi° taṇha°); -jāla the consumption of the kappa by fire, the end of a kappa Dīp I 61; -ṭṭha staying there for a kappa, i.e. in Hell in āpāyiko nerayiko + atekiccho, said of Devadatta Vin II 202, 206; A III 402 ≈ IV 160; It 11 ≈ 85; -ṭṭhāyin lasting a whole cycle, of a vimāna Thag 1190; -ṭṭhika enduring for an æon: kibbisa (of Devadatta) Vin II 198 = 204; (cf. Vinaya Texts III 254) sālarukkha Ja V 416; see also ṭhitakappiṃ Pp 13; -ṭṭhitika the same Dhp-a I 50 (vera); Miln 108 (kammaṃ). ("sabbe pi magga-samaṅgino puggalā ṭhita-kappino.") -ṭṭhiya - = preceding A V 75; Ja I 172, 213; V 33; Miln 109, 214. °rukkha the tree that lasts for a kappa, reference to the cittapāṭalī, the pied trumpet-tree in the abode of the Asuras Ja I 202; -nibbatta originated at the beginning of the k. (applied to the flames of Hell) Ja V 272; -parivaṭṭa the evolution of a k; the end of the world Dīp I 59; -pādapa = °rukkha Mhbv 2; -rukkha a wishing tree, magical tree, fulfilling all wishes; sometimes figurative Ja VI 117, 594; Vism 206; Pv-a 75, 176, 121; Vv-a 32 (where combined with cintāmaṇi); Dhp-a IV 208; -latā a creeper like the kapparukkha Vv-a 12; -vināsaka ( scilicet aggi): the fire consuming the world at the end of a k. Vism 414 f.; (mahāmegho) Dhp-a III 362; -samaṇa an ascetic according to precepts, an earnest ascetic Ja VI 60 (cf. samaṇa-kappa); -halāhala "the k.-uproar," the uproar near the end of a kalpa Ja I 47.
(m. neuter) an aeon, a cycle of the world’s evolution and dissolution; one stage of a cycle; a very long period of time; a (limited) length of time; (masculine, neuter) an allowable practice; an allowance, a concession; (masculine) (kappabiṇḍu), a round mark (to legitimize or identify a robe); (masculine, neuter) one side of an argument, an alternative; a (false) supposition, imagining; a theory; a figment
【陽】 1. 劫，世界周期，地質年。2. 想。~ṭṭhāyī, ~ṭṭhītika,【形】 住劫，持續一個世界周期。~rukkha,【陽】 劫樹，實現所有希望的天樹。~vināsa,【陽】 毀劫，世界的破壞。~vināsaka,【形】 耗劫，世界的消耗。
【形】 適當的， (在【合】中) 相似。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Kappa</c> </b> (1) <br>One of Bāvarī’s disciples. The questions he asked of the Buddha are recorded in the Kappamāṇavapucchā. <c c="#3b6bd3">Snp.1007</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Snp.1092–1095</c> <br> <br> <b> <c c="#a00149">Kappa</c> </b> (2) <br>A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of the unattractiveness of the body. <c c="#3b6bd3">Thag.567–576</c> In the Saṃyutta Nikāya <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.iii.169f.</c> two suttas are connected him, in both of which he asks the Buddha how it is possible to cultivate knowledge and thought so as to be free from thoughts of “I” and “mine” with regard to the body. The same questions, receiving the same answers, are elsewhere attributed to Rāhula. <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.ii.253f.</c> <br> <br> <b> <c c="#a00149">Kappa</c> </b> (3) Kappaka<br>In the Saṃyutta Nikāya. <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.144</c> Bakabrahma is identified with Kappa’s teacher, Kesava.<br> <br> </deftext>
(adj, adj, in comps, from kappati) fitting; suitable; appropriate (to) suitable, proper, resembling Construction: √kapp + a
(adj, adj, in comps, from kappati) (vinaya) allowable [lit.] suitable Construction: √kapp + a
(masc, masc, from kappati) aeon; age; lifespan of a world system world cycle, aeon Construction: √kapp + a
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