TIL

Pali Dictionary

by U Kyaw Tun, et. al.

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kuu

kūṭa

{ku-ṯa}

UMK-USL p20 (UKT paraphrase)
n. act of cheating using fraudulent business practices:
tulā-kūṭa -- cheating by using tampered scales and weights
kaṁsa-kūṭa -- cheating by using tampered volume measures
māna-kūṭa -- cheating by using tampered linear measures

PTS p528
mā-na -- 1. pride, conceit, arrogance. 2. measure

PTS p225
kūṭa -- 1. a trap (e.g. to trap birds), a snare; fig. falsehood, deceit. 2. a horn, bone of the forehead, prominence, point. 3. to beat. 4. to cut, mutilate. Extensive and multiple meanings

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