camma : [nt.] a hide; leather.
Camma (nt.) [Vedic carman, cp. Lat. corium hide or leather, cortex bark, scortum hide; Ohg. herdo; Ags. heorða=E. hide; also Sk. kṛtti; Ohg. scirm (shield); E. skin; from *sqer to cut, skin (cp. kaṭu)=the cut -- off hide, cp. Gr. de/rw: (de/rma] 1. skin, hide, leather Vin i.192 (sīha˚ vyaggha˚ dīpi˚), 196 (elaka˚ aja˚ miga˚); Aiv.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: chaviŋ chindetvā cammaŋ chindati S ii.238=A iv.129; freq. in expr. like aṭṭhi -- cammanahāru -- matta (skin & bones) PvA 68, see under nahāru; camma -- maŋsa -- 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 Jiv.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: cammakañcukaŋ 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).
camma: n. 真皮