masculine & adjective
potash
Khāra [Sanskrit kṣāra, pungent, saline, sharp to ksā, kṣāyati to burn, cf. Greek ξηρός, dry; Latin serenus, dry, clear, seresco to dry] any alkaline substance, potash, lye. In combination with ūsa (salt earth) at S III 131 (-gandha); A I 209. — Used as a caustic Pv III 10 2 ; Saddh 281. See also chārikā. -āpatacchika a means of torturing, in enumeration of various tortures (under vividha-kamma-kāranā kārenti) M I 87 = A I 48 = II 122 = Nidd II §604; Ja VI 17 (v.l. °ṭicch°; commentary has āpatacchika, v.l. paṭicchaka); Vism 500; Miln 197. Both A and Nidd I have v.l. kharāpaṭicchaka; -odaka an alkaline solution Vism 264, 420; Dhp-a I 189; Pv-a 213; cf. khārodikā nadī (in Niraya) Saddh 194.
(masculine) an alkali; a caustic substance (such as soda or potash); (adjective) consisting of caustic fluid; especially as epithet of a river in a hell
【陽】 堿的物質，碳酸鉀，苛性鉀。khāraka,【形】 1. 鹼性。2. 【陽】 鮮芽。khārika,【形】 鹼性。
(masc, masc) lye; potash; alkaline soda; caustic alkaline substance, potash