adjective · kasiṇa 1 · kasiṇa 2
Kasiṇa 1 [Vedic kr̥tsna] (adjective) entire, whole Ja IV 111, 112. Kasiṇa 2 [derivation uncertain] (neuter) one of the aids to kammaṭṭhāna the practice by means of which mystic meditation (bhāvanā, jhāna) may be attained. They are fully described at A V 46 f., 60; usually enumerated as ten [sāvakā dasa k°-āyatanāni bhāventi]; paṭhavī°, āpo°, tejo°, vāyo°, nīla°, pīta°, lohita°, odāta°, ākāsa°, viññāṇa° — that is, earth, water, fire, air; blue, yellow, red, white; space, intellection (or perhaps consciousness) M II 14; D III 268, 290; Nett 89, 112; Dhs 202; Paṭis I 6, 95; cf. BMPE 49-52; Abhidh-av 4, 90 f., 95 f. — For the last two (ākāsa° and viññāṇa°) we find in later sources āloka° and (paricchinn')-ākāsa° Vism 110; cf. BMPE 40 note 4, 52 note 2; Cpd. 54, 202. — Eight (the above omitting the last two) are given at Paṭis I 49, 143, 149. — See further Ja I 313; III 519; As 186 f. There are 14 manners of practising the kasiṇas (of which the first nine are: k°-ānulomaṃ; k°-paṭilomaṃ; k°-ānupaṭilomaṃ; jhānānulomaṃ; jh°paṭi°; jh°-ānupaṭi°; jh°-ukkantikaṃ; k°-ukk°; jh°k°-ukk°) Vism 374; cf. Abhidh-av 5, 101 f., 104, 152. Nine qualities or properties of (paṭhavi-) kasiṇa are enumerated at Vism 117. — Each k. is fivefold, according to uddhaṃ, adho, tiriyaṃ, advayaṃ, appamāṇaṃ; M II 15, etc. — kasiṇaṃ oloketi to fix one's gaze on the particular kasiṇa chosen Ja V 314; °ṃ samannāharati to concentrate one's mind on the k. Ja III 519. -āyatana the base or object of a kasiṇa exercise (see above as 10 such objects) D III 268; M II 14; Paṭis I 28, etc.; -ārammaṇa = °āyatana Vism 427 (three, viz. tejo°, odāta°, āloka°); -kamma the k. practice Ja I 141; IV 306; V 162, 193; -jhāna the k. meditation As 413; -dosa fault of the k. object Vism 117, 123 (the 4 faults of paṭhavī-kasiṇa being confusion of the 4 colours); -parikamma the preliminary, preparatory rites to the exercise of a kasiṇa meditation, such as preparing the frame, repeating the necessary formulas, etc. Ja I 8, 245; III 13, 526; As 187; — °ṃ katheti to give instructions in these preparations Ja III 369; °ṃ karoti to perform the k-preparations Ja IV 117; V 132, 427; VI 68; -maṇḍala a board or stone or piece of ground divided by depressions to be used as a mechanical aid to jhāna exercise. In each division of the maṇḍala a sample of a kasiṇa was put. Several of these stone maṇḍalas have been found in the ruins at Anurādhapura. Cf. Cpd. 54 f. 202 f. Ja III 501; Dhp-a IV 208; -samāpatti attainment in respect of the k. exercise Nidd II §466 8 (ten such).
all, whole, entire
【形】 全部，整個的。【中】 （修禪的取相）器材。~parikamma,【中】 修器材禪的初步工作。~maṇdala,【中】 器材圓碟。
(adj, adj) whole; entire; total whole, entire
(nt, nt, in comps) kasina meditation; totality object for meditation
(nt, nt) disc-like object of concentration