adjective tender, delicate, refined, delicately nurtured AN.i.145; AN.ii.86 sq.; AN.iii.130; Vin.i.15, Vin.i.179; Vin.ii.180; beautifully young, graceful Ja.i.397; Snp.298; samaṇa-˚ a soft, graceful …

…monk, foremost in those who strive energetically. AN.i.24 His hands and feet were soft like flowers, and…

…very much AN.i.145 (˚sukhumāla, extremely delicate), Mil.26 (id.); Snp.794 (˚suddhi = param ttha-accantasuddhi Snp-a.528); Thag.692…

…descent DN-a.i.267;

• -sukhumāla a tender, youthful prince (of the Tathāgata: buddha˚, kh˚) Dhp-a.i.5.

der. fr….

…Mhvs.59, Mhvs.29; see sukhumāla. -kumālatta loveliness DN-a.i.282. -kusala very skilful…

delicate constitution Ja.v.295; Dhp-a.iii.283 (ati˚).

abstr. fr. sukhumāla