Kammanta: [Sk. karmanta; kamma+anta, cp. anta 14.]

1. doing, acting, working; work, business, occupation, profession. paÂicchanna^- of secret acting Sn 127= Vbh 357; as being punished in Niraya A I.60; S IV.180; as occupation esp. in pl. kammant¤: S V.45=135; DhA I.42 (kammant¤ nappavattanti, no business proceeds, all occupations are at a standstill); an¤kula^- Sn 262=Kh V.5; abbhantar¤ k^- u¼¼¤ ti va, kapp¤s¤ ti v¤ as housework, falling to the share of the wife A III.37=IV.365; khetta^- occupation in the field A III.77; see also D I.71; M III.7; S I.204; Miln 9, 33; and below; as place of occupation: Sn p. 13, PvA 62. Phrases: ^- adhiÂÂh¤ti to look after the business A I.115; PvA 141; jahati give up the occupation S IV.324; PvA 133; ^- payojeti to do or carry on business D I.71; II.175; III.66, 95; A III.57; ^- pavatteti to set a business on foot PvA 42 (and vic¤reti: PvA 93); ^- sa¸vidahati to provide with work A IV.269=272. Mhvs VI.16.

2. deed, action in ethical sense= kamma, character, etc., Kh 136 (k^-=kamma); p¤pa^- doing wrong Pv IV.81; IV.161; J VI.104 (opp. pu¾¾a^-); as specified by k¤ya^- vac¨ ^-mano^- A V.292 sq.; VvA 130 (in parisuddha--k¤ya--kammantat¤); dhammik¤ k^-a M II.191; ¤ki¼¼a--k^- (evam--) of such character S I.204; kur¬ra--k^- (adj.) of cruel character A III.383=Pug 56 (in def. of puggalo orabbhiko); samm¤^- of right doing, opp. micch¤^-, as constituting one element of character as pertaining to "Magga" (: q. v.) D II.216; S II.168; V.1; A III.411; Bdhd 135; expl. as k¤ya--kamma (=s¨la 1--3) at S V.9=Vbh 105; Vbh 235; as k¤ya--duccaritehi ¤rati virati . . . Vbh 106.

--¢dhiÂÂh¤yika superintendent of work DhA I.393;

--ÂÂh¤na: 1. the spot where the ceremonies of the Ploughing Festival take place J I.57; 2. the common ground of a village, a village bazaar J IV.306;

--d¤sa a farm--servant J I.468;

--bheri the drum announcing the (taking up of) business DhA III.100;

--vipatti "failure of action," evil-doing A I.270 opp.

--sampad¤ "perfection of action, right-doing" A I.271;

--sa¸vidhana the providing of work D III.191 (one of the 5 duties of the gahapati).

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