Dictionary Definition ：
Definition[1]
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kantati : [kant + a] spins; cuts; shears; incises.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
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Kantati1 [Sk. kṛṇatti, *qert, cp. kata, & Lat. cratis, crassus, E. crate] to plait, twist, spin, esp. suttaŋ (thread) Vin iv.300; PvA 75; DhA iii.273; kappāsaŋ A iii.295. Cp. pari˚.
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Definition[3]
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Kantati2 [Sk. kṛṇtati; *(s)qert, to cut; cp. Gr. kei/rw, to shear; Lat. caro, cena; Ohg. sceran, E. shear; see also kaṭu] to cut, cut off J ii.53 (: as nik˚ in gloss, where it should be mūlāni kant˚); iii.185; vi.154; DhA iii.152 (+ viddhaŋseti).
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Related
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kaṇṭavallī , kaṇṭavṛkṣa , kaṇṭh , kaṇṭha , kaṇṭhabandha , kaṇṭatanu , kaṇṭārtagalā , kantāriya , kantārikaḥ , kaṇṭārikā
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