Kodha
Kodha,[Vedic krodha fr.krudh,cp.kujjhati] anger.Nearest synonyms are āghāta (Dhs.1060=Nd2 576,both expositions also of dosa),upanāha (always in chain rāga,dosa,moha,kodha,upanāha) and dhūma (cp.qumόs,Mhg.toûm=anger).As pair k.and upanāha A.I,91,95; in sequence kodha upanāha makkha paḷāsa,etc.Nd2 rāga 1.; Vbh.357 sq.; Vism.53,107,306; in formula abhijjhā byāpāda k.upanāha M.I,36; A.I,299=IV.148; cp.A.IV,456=V.209; V,39,49 sq.,310,361.As equivalent of āghāta Dhs.1060=Nd2 576,cp.Pug.18.In other combn:with mada and thambha Sn.245; kadariya Sn.362; pesuniya Sn.928; mosavajja Sn.866,868 (cp.S.I,169).Other passages,e.g.A.I,283; S.I,240; Sn.537,(lobha°); Pv.II,37; Dh.I,52 (anattha-janano kodho); PvA.55,222.-- kodha is one of the obstacles to Arahantship,and freedom from kodha is one of the fundamental virtues of a wellbalanced mind.-- mā vo kodho ajjhabhavi “let not anger get the better of you” S.I,240; māno hi te brāhmaṇa khāribhāro kodho dhūmo bhasmani mosavajjaṁ,etc.“anger is the smoke (smouldering) in the ashes” S.I,169=Nd2 576.-- kodhaṁ chetvā cutting off anger S.I,41=47=161=237; kodhaṁ jahe vippajaheyya mānaṁ “give up anger,renounce conceit” J.I,23 25=Dh.221; kodhaṁ pajahanti vipassino:“the wise give up anger” It.2=7; panuṇṇa-kodha (adj.) one who has driven out anger Sn.469; akkodhena jine kodhaṁ conquer anger by meekness Dh.223=J.II,4= VvA.69.Yo ye uppatitaṁ kodhaṁ rathaṁ bhantaṁ va dhāraye tam ahaṁ sārathiṁ brūmi -- “He who restrains rising anger as he would a drifting cart,him I call a waggoner” Dh.222,cp.Sn.1.-- akkodha freedom from anger,meekness,conciliation M.I,44; S.I,240 (with avihiṁsā tenderness,kindness); A.I,95; Dh.223=J.II,4=VvA.69.
--âtimāna anger and conceit Sn.968.--upāyāsa companionship or association with anger,the state of being pervaded with anger (opp.akkodh°) M.I,360,363; often compared with phenomena of nature suggesting swelling up,viz.“uddhumāyika” kodhupāyāsassa adhivacanaṁ M.I,144; “sa-ummī” It.114; “sobbho papāto” S.III,109; --garu “having respect for” i.e.pursuing anger (opp.saddhammagaru) A.II,46 sq.,84; --paññāṇa (adj.) knowing the true nature of anger Sn.96 (cp.SnA 170); --bhakkha feeding on,i.e.fostering anger,Ep.of a Yakkha S.I,238; --vinaya the discipline or control of anger A.I,91; V,165,167 (combd. with upanāha vinaya).(Page 228)