camma
Camma,(nt.) [Vedic carman,cp.Lat.corium hide or leather,cortex bark,scortum hide; Ohg.herdo; Ags.heorQa=E.hide; also Sk.kṛtti; Ohg.scirm (shield); E.skin; from *sqer to cut,skin (cp.kaṭu)=the cut-off hide,cp.Gr.dέrw:(dέrma] 1.skin,hide,leather Vin.I,192 (sīha° vyaggha° dīpi°),196 (elaka° aja° miga°); A.IV,393 (sīha° dīpi°); PvA.157 (kadalimiga° as rug); J.II,110 (sīha°); III,82,184; Miln.53; Sdhp.140.It is supposed to be subcutaneous (under chavi as tegument),& next to the bone:chaviṁ chindetvā cammaṁ chindati S.II,238=A.IV,129; freq.in expr.like aṭṭhi-cammanahāru-matta (skin & bones) PvA.68,see under nahāru; camma-maṁsa-nahāru PvA.80.-- 2.a shield Vin.II,192 (asi° sword & shield); M.I,86; A.III,93; J.V,373; VI,580.
--aṇḍa a water-skin J.I,250; --kāra a worker in leather,a tanner Vin.IV,7; Miln.331; a harness-maker J.V,45; a waggon-builder and general artisan J.IV,174 (=rathakāra); also as --kārin PvA.175 (=rathakārin); --khaṇḍa an animal’s skin,used as a rug Miln.366; Vism.99; skin used as a water-vessel (see khaṇḍa) Vin.II,122; Ps.I,176; --ghaṭaka a water-skin J.II,345; --naddha (nt.) a drum Bu I.31; --pasibbaka a sack,made of skin or leather ThA.283; J.VI,431,432 (as v.l.); --bandha a leather strap Vin.I,194; --bhastā (f.) a sack J.V,45; --māluka a leather bag J.VI,431,432; --yodhin a soldier in cuirass D.I,51≈(in list of var.occupations; DA.I,157:cammakañcukaṁ pavisitvā); A.IV,107,110; --varatta (f.) a leather thong J.II,153; --vāsin one who wears the skin (of a black antelope),i.e.a hermit J.VI,528; --sāṭaka an ascetic wearing clothes of skin J.III,82 (nāma paribbājaka).(Page 262)