Kamacchanda

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K¤macchanda

PTS: Dialogs of the Buddha III, #33: The Recital, T.W. and C.A.F. Rhys Davids, trans., pp201

WP: The Long Discourses of the Buddha, #33: The Chanting Together, M. Walshe, trans., pp479

PTS: The Middle Length Sayings, I: 33: Applications of Mindfulness, horner, trans., pp77

PTS: Woodward, The Book of the Gradual Sayings, V: The Book of the Tens, VII, pp144

Pali	MO	Hare	Horner	Punnaji	Bodhi	Nanamoli	Rhys Davids	(Mrs)Rhys Davids	Thanissaro	Walshe	Woodward	Nyanaponika Thera
K¤macchanda	wanting, pleasure-wishing		desire for sense pleasures	Sensual desire	covetousness	covetousness	sensuality	sensuality	Sensual Desire	sensuality	hankering	Sensual Desire

**Pali Text Society, Pali English Dictionary:**
Not discussed separately: See K¤ma and Chanda: K¤ma-chanda: excitement of sensual pleasure, grouped as the first of the series of five obstacles (pa¾ca n¨vara¼¤ni) D I.156, 246; III.234, 278; A I.231; IV.457; A I.134=Sn 1106; S I.99; V.64; Bdhd 72, 96, 130; Nd2 200, 420A. Also as the first in the series of ten fetters (sa¸yojan¤ni) which are given above (p. 31) as synonyms of k¤ma. Enumerated under 1-10 at Nd2 200 as eight in order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 (omitting pip¤s¤ and gedha) Vbh 364; Dhs 1114, 1153; Nd2 ad chandar¤ga and bhavachanda; in order: 2, 3, 5, 9, 6, 7, 10, 4 at A II.10; -- as nine (like above, omitting gedha) at Vbh 374; Dhs 1097; -- as five in order: 1, 5, 9, 6, 7, (cp. above passage A II.10) at M I.241; -- as four in order: 1, 5, 9, 7 at S IV.188; -- as six n¨vara¼as (5 + avijj¤) at Dhs 1170, 1486. See also D I.246; III.234, 269; Ps I.103, 108; II.22, 26, 44, 169; Vism 141; Sdhp 459; --j¤la the net of desires Th 1, 355; Chanda-r¤ga exciting desire In this bad sense it is nearly the same as k¤ma (see k¤ma & k¤machanda: sensual desire, cp. DhsA 370, Vism 466 & Mrs. Rh. D. in Dhs trsl. 292) & the combn k¤machanda is only an enlarged term of k¤ma.