masculine (& neuter?)
moment
Khaṇa 1 (masculine) [derivation unknown.] 1. a (short), moment, wink of time; in phrase khaṇen'eva "in no time" Pv-a 38, 117; Saddh 584 (etc.). Saddh 584; khaṇo ve mā upaccagā "let not the slightest time be wasted" Snp 333 = Dhp 315; cf. Thig 5 (cf. khaṇātīta); n'atthi so kh° vā layo vā muhutto vā yaṃ (nadī) āramati "there is no moment, no inkling, no particle of time that the river stops flowing" A IV 137 (as simile of eternal flow of happening, of unbroken continuity of change); Vism 238 (jīvita°), 473; (khaṇa-vasena uppādādi-khaṇa-ttaya, viz. uppāda, ṭhiti, bhaṅga, cf. page 431); Ja IV 128; aṭṭha-kkhaṇa-vinimmutto kh° paramadullabho: one opportunity out of eight, very difficult to be obtained Saddh 4, 16; cf. 45, 46. 2. moment as coincidence of two events: "at the same moment," especially in phrase taṃ khaṇaṃ yeva "all at once," simultaneously, with which synonym ṭhānaso Ja I 167, 253; III 276, Pv-a 19, 27, 35; tasmiṃ khaṇe Ja II 154; Pv-a 67; Saddh 17. 3. the moment as something expected or appointed (cf. καιϙός), therefore the right moment, or the proper time. So with reference to birth, rebirth, fruit of action, attainment of Arahantship, presence on earth of a Buddha, etc., in compounds: cuti-kkhaṇo Abhidh-av 106; paṭisandhi° Paṭis II 72 f.; Abhidh-av 59, 77, 78; uppatti° Vibh 411 f.; Sotāpattimagga° Paṭis II 3; phala° Paṭis I 26, Abhidh-av 80; nikanti° Paṭis II 72 f.; upacāra° Abhidh-av 94; citta° the same 38, 95. — khaṇe khaṇe from time to time Dhp 239 (= okāse okāse Dhp-a III 340, but cf. Cpd 161, note 5), Buddhuppāda°, Thig A, 12. akkhaṇa see seperate. Also akkhaṇavedhin. — akkhaṇe at the wrong time, inopportune Pv IV 1 40 (= akāle). On kh. laya, muhutta cf. PtsC. 296, note 5. -ātīta having missed the opportunity Snp 333 = Dhp 315 (= Dhp-a III 489); -ññū knowing, realizing the opportunity Snp 325 (cf. Pj II 333); -paccuppanna arisen at the moment or momentarily Vism 431 (one of the 3 kinds of paccuppanna: kh°., santati°, addhā°); -paritta small as a moment Vism 238. Khaṇa 2 [from khaṇ] digging Ja II 296. Cf. atikhaṇa.
a moment; an instant; a fit or suitable moment; an opportunity; especially the right moment to be born as a man, birth in favorable circumstances (when one can take advantage of a Buddha being in the world)
【陽】 片刻，分鐘，機會。khaṇena,【副】 在片刻中。khaṇātīta,【形】 錯過機會。
(masc, masc) moment; instant; point in time; opportunity moment, minute, opportunity