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Rreferences:
WP, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, #9: Right View, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans, pp134
Pali | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Nanamoli | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward |
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kammanta | Works, includes magic charms, work, mantras, commerse, commands | action | action | Action | action | action | doing | action | action | Action | Doing |
Kammanta: [Sk. karmanta; kamma+anta...] 1. doing, acting, working; work, business, occupation, profession...as being punished in Niraya A I.60; S IV.180; as occupation esp. in pl. kammant¤: S V.45=135;...(kammant¤ nappavattanti, no business proceeds, all occupations are at a standstill);...as housework, falling to the share of the wife A III.37=IV.365;...occupation in the field A III.77;...as place of occupation...2. deed, action in ethical sense= kamma, character...(opp. pu¾¾a...samm¤--of right doing, opp. micch¤...as constituting one element of character as pertaining to "Magga"...D II.216; S II.168; V.1; A III.411... |
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