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 (edited entry):**
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...; S I.99; V.64;... Also as the first in the series of ten fetters (sa¸yojan¤ni)...as synonyms of k¤ma... --j¤la the net of desires... Chanda-r¤ga exciting desire. In this bad sense it is nearly the same as k¤ma...; Mrs. Rh. D. in Dhs trsl. 292) & "the combn k¤machanda is only an enlarged term of k¤ma".