Kicca
Kicca,(nt.) [grd.of karoti=Sk.kṛtya] 1.(adj.) that which ought to be done,that which is to be performed; nt.something to do DhA.I,15.Defd as kātabban ti kiccaṁ,kiñcid eva karaṇīyan ti KhA 218; kattabaṁ karaṇīyaṁ DhA.III,452.-- 2.(nt.) (a) duty,obligation,service,attention; ceremony,performance.The sg.is used collectively as pl.-- adj.(-°) one who is under an obligation,etc.,or to whom an obligation,etc.,is due A.II,67; Dh.276,293; J.III,26; DhA.I,5.-- kattabbak°-karaṇa “the performance of incumbent duties” PvA.30; idaṁ me kiccaṁ akāsi “he has done me this service” PvA.29.-- In special sense of the duties to the dead:ahaṁ tava pitu °ṁ karomi “I will do the last duty to your father” PvA.274.-- a° that which is not (his) duty A.II,67; Dh.292,293.-- (b) (as philos.term) function; rasa (essence) is either kicca r°- or sampatti r,function or property.Cpd.13,213,n.l.; Vism.162 (parivyatta° quite conspicuous f.),264 (abbhañjana° f.of lucubrating),338,493 (indriyānaṁ kiccaṁ),547 (tad-ārammaṇa°,bhavaṅga°,cuti°,etc.); kiccavasena by way of f.Abhdh.-saṅgaha V.8,cp.Dhs.trsl.132 (with ref.to DhsA.264); kiccato Vism.581.--appa° having few or no duties Sn.144 (cp.KhA 241.--ārāmika° duties of the Ārāma J.I,38.--udaka° water-performance,ablution D.II,15.--kata° one who has performed his duties or mission,i.e.an Arahant Sn.1105; Vv 531 (cp.VvA.231.--bahu° having many obligations,being very busy A.III,116 sq.--bhatta° meal DA.I,45 sq.; PvA.76; freq.in formula kata° (see kata),cp.kat-annakicca Dāvs.I,59.--mata° funeral rites PvA.274.--sarīra° the duties of the body,i.e.funeral rites PvA.74).‹-› Note.In compn with kud° kicca appears as kuk-kucca (q.v.).
--âkiccā pl.(kicca+kicca,see Trenckner,Notes J.P.T.S.1908,127; cp.ṭhānāṭhāna,bhavābhava maggāmagga,phalāphala,etc.) duties of all kinds,various duties:ativasā assu kiccākiccesu “they shall serve me in all duties” Dh.74 (DhA.II,78=khuddakamahantesu karaṇīyesu “in small and great duties”); °esu yuttapayutto māṇavo (cp.a maid “of all work”) VvA.298; °esu ussukā endeavouring to do all duties Sn.298 (but expld at SnA 319 as “zeal in what is to be done and what is not to be done,” taken as kicca+ akicca cp.akicca); --âdhikaraṇa settlement of the agenda at formal meetings of a chapter Vin.II,89=III,164; III,168; V,101 sq.; 150 sq.; See Vin Texts III,45; --kara doing one’s duty S.I,91; Sn.676; --karaṇīyāni pl.=kiccākicca,various duties A.IV,87; --kārin=kiccakara A.III,443.(Page 213)