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kimī

Kimi

m. a worm, vermin: setā kimī kaṇhasīsā AN.iii.241 ; Mil.272 ; DN-a.i.199 ■ As animal of death and putrefaction MN.i.507 ; Ja.i.146 ; Snp.201 ; esp with ref. to the punishment of Petas: Pv.i.3#1 ; Thig.439 ; Pv-a.192 ; Sdhp.603 . As glow-worm MN.ii.34 ; MN.ii.41 (with khajjopanaka); sālaka˚ a very mi

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m. a worm, vermin: setā kimī kaṇhasīsā AN.iii.241; Mil.272; DN-a.i.199
As animal of death and putrefaction MN.i.507; Ja.i.146; Snp.201; esp with ref. to the punishment of Petas: Pv.i.3#1; Thig.439; Pv-a.192; Sdhp.603. As glow-worm MN.ii.34; MN.ii.41 (with khajjopanaka); sālaka˚ a very minute insect Mil.312. In similes: Thag.1175 (kimī va mīlhasallitto); Vism.500, Vism.598. In cpd. kimi-kula the worm kind (genus worm) Mil.100; Vism.235; ˚gaṇa crowd of worms Vism.314.

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