Kaṇṭaka
Kaṇṭaka,[From kantati2 to cut.Brh.kaṇṭaka.Spelt also kaṇṭhaka] 1.a thorn Sn.845; Vin.I,188; J.V,102; VI,105 (in description of the Vetaraṇī); cp.kusa°.-- 2.any instrument with a sharp point Sdhp.201.‹-› 3.a bone,fish-bone J.I,222; in piṭṭhi° a bone of the spine D.II,297≈ (see kaṭaṭṭhi); M.I,80=245; Vism.271; Sdhp.102.-- 4.(fig.) an obstacle,hindrance,nuisance (“thorn in my side”); Kvu 572; enemy,infestor; a dacoit,thief,robber D.I,135 (sa° and a°,of the country as infested with dacoits or free from them,cp.DA.I,296); J.I,186 (paṭikaṇṭaka,enemy); V,450; Th.1,946; DhA.I,177 (akkhimhi); VvA.301.-- 5.(fig.) anything sharp,thorny,causing pain:of kāmā (passions) S.IV,189,195,198; Ud.24; Kvu 202; cp.sa°.-- Thus grouped,like saṁyojanāni,into 10 obstacles to perfection (dasa k.) A.V,134; as “bringing much trouble” J.IV,117.Often in standing phrase khāṇu-kaṇṭaka stumbling and obstruction A.I,35; SnA 334.As abstr.kaṇṭakattaṁ hindrance at Vism.269 (sadda°).--akaṇṭaka 1.free from thorns J.II,118; V,260.-- 2.(fig.) free from thieves,quiet,peaceful D.I,135; also not difficult,easy,happy,bringing blessings (of the right path) A.V,135; Vv 187; VvA.96.--sakaṇṭaka 1.having bones (of food) J.IV,192,193.-- 2.(fig.) beset with thieves,dangerous D.I,135; thorny,i.e.painful,miserable (of duggati and kāmā) S.IV,195; Th.2,352; J.V,260.-- Cp.also kaṇḍaka and nikkaṇṭaka.
--âpacita covered with thorns J.VI,249 (cp.°ācita); --âpassaya (=kaṇṭak’apāśraya) a bed made of an outstretched skin,under which are placed thorns or iron spikes; to lie or stand on such is a practice of certain naked ascetics D.I,167=M.I,78≈.--âpassayika (adj.to prec.) “bed-of-thorns-man” D.I,167≈.At J.I,493 the reading is k-āpassaya,at III,74 k-apassaya; at III,235 the reading is kaṇṭhaka-seyyaṁ kappetha (should it be k-āpassaye seyyaṁ k°?); D.I,167 reads kaṇṭhakā-passayika.--ācita covered with thorns J.V,167.--ādhāna a thorny brake,a thorny hedge M.I,10 (k-dhāna; for dhāna=ṭhāna see dhāna & cp.rāja-dhānī); A.I,35; Miln.220.--kasā a thorny whip used for punishment and torture J.III,41.--gahana a thorny thicket or jungle S.II,228.--gumba a th.bush J.I,208.--latā a th.creeper,the Capparis Zeilanica J.V,175.--vaṭṭa a thorny brake or hedge M.I,448.(Page 178)