Sukkā¹

A bhikkhunī who was famous as a teacher of Dhamma, to the extent that a spirit went Rājagaha about praising her and exhorting others to listen to her Dhamma. Thig.54–56 SN.i.212 SN. …

…Iti.36; Ja.i.129; Mil.200; sukkadhamma Ja.i.129; kaṇhāsukkaṃ evil and good Snp.526; Sukkā a class of gods DN.ii.260.

*…

rising towards; ascending to

unconcerned, indifferent; free from care; not being active or exerting oneself

zealous activity, exertion, effort; concern; eagerness.

moves up, rises; moves forward, advance; progress

Abbhussakati & ˚usukkati

to go out over, rise above (acc.), ascend, freq. in phrase ādicco nabhaṃ abbhussakkamāno MN.i.317; SN.iii.156 =…

Abbhussakati & ˚usukkati

to go out over, rise above (acc.), ascend, freq. in phrase ādicco nabhaṃ abbhussakkamāno MN.i.317; SN.iii.156 =…

adjective zealous, showing zeal, endeavouring in (-˚) Pgdp.101. Abbhussakati & usukkati;

abhi + usūyā + ka

…in phrase akaṇhaṃ asukkaṃ Nibbānaṃ a. DN.iii.251; AN.iii.384 sq At Snp.214 abhijāyati means “to behave, to be”, cp Snp-a.265…

…(in stock phrase appossukka tuṇhībhūta saṅkasāya “living at ease, given to silence, resigned” Mrs. Rhys Davids trsl. 258, see…

inaction, reluctance, carelessness, indifference Vin.i.5; DN.ii.36; Mil.232; Dhp-a.ii.15.

abstr. fr. prec.

…i.e. careless, neglectful, not worrying Vin.iii.136; Cnd.72 (abyāvaṭa for appossukka Snp.43); Ja.iii.65; Ja.vi.188. Mil.177 (abyā˚).

a…

…his h. on, with dat appossukkatāya SN.i.137); nekkhamma-ninna SN.iii.233 viveka˚ DN.iii.283; AN.iv.233; AN.v.175 2. cittaṃ…

…vipāka, sukka˚, kaṇhasukka akaṇha-asukka: DN.iii.230 = MN.i.389 = AN.ii.230 sq.; so sakena kammena nirayaṃ upapajjati Cnd.304#iii k˚…

…1.). The contrast with sukka (brightness) goes through all applications with ref. to light as well as quality.

I. Of the…

…(kattike māse).

• -sukkapakkha the bright fortnight of K. Mhvs.17, Mhvs.64.

cp. Sk. kṛttikā f. pl. the Pleiades…

…samāno akaṇhaṃ asukkaṃ n˚ṃ abhijayati DN.iii.251; AN.iii.384 sq.; aniccā sabbe sankhārā dukkhā ’nattā ca sankhātā:…

adjective , careless, unconcerned, indifferent to (c. loc.) Thag-a.282.

nis + ussukka

…houseless, homeless Mil.244 (= aniketa). At Dhp-a.iv.31 as explⁿ of appossukka. f. abstr. nirālayatā homelessness Mil.162,…

…ca pakkhe ca = kaṇha-sukka-bheda p. Pv-a.135); Vism.101 (dasâhaṃ vā pakkhaṃ vā); Vv-a.314 (sukka˚); Pv-a.55 (kāḷa˚). 4….

…real derivation), viz. appossukka pannaloma + Vin.ii.184 (Vin. Texts iii.232 trsl. “secure,” cp. Vin.ii.363); MN.i.450; MN.ii.121 (variant…

…(˚chanda, + paṭilābha˚ & paribhoga˚); Dhp-a.iii.256 (kāmaguṇe ˚ussukka). With paṭiggahaṇa & paribhoga at Dhp-a.i.75.

fr….

shrivelled grain Mil.232 (sukka-yava˚ of dried barley); Dhp-a.ii.154 (SS; T. reads mūlakaṃ which is explained by Bdhgh as “nitthusaṃ…

…(= puṇṇa-māsiyaṃ sukka-pakkhe pannarasiyaṃ Vv-a.314; the similar pass. at Vv-a.321 reads, prob. by mistake,…

at Vv-a.321 in phrase sukka-pakkha-pāṭiyaṃ “in the moonlight half” is doubtful. Hardy in Index registers it as “part, half-,” but…

…appassādā raṇakarā sukkapakkha-visosanā,“ and Thig.360 reads “raṇaṃ karitvā kāmānaṃ.” Thag-a.244 explains Thig.358 by…

…having as (equal) counterparts, evenly mixed with MN.i.320 (kaṇhasukka˚); Mil.379 (id.).

sa³ + paṭibhāga

…virtuous SN.i.141. -sukka very white, resplendent DN.ii.18 DN.iii.144; Snp.548. -seyya lying on soft…

…ii. ussakkāpesi), Vv-a.214.

by-form of ussukkati

…Vv-a.147; Pv-a.5, Pv-a.135; Vism.90 (āpajjati), Vism.644 (˚ppahānaṃ)
■ Cp. appossukka.

*utsukya fr. ussuka;…

…fr. ussukka

Err:510

…so vaḍḍhate rājā sukka-pakkhe va candimā); Pv.i.1#2 (dātā puññena v.); Pp.71; Mil.9 Mhvs.7, Mhvs.68 (putta-dhītāhi…

…both times characterized as sukka-cchavī vedhaverā “sons of widows, with white skins,” and at both places misunderstood (or…

1. emission; in sukka˚; emission of semen Vin.ii.38; Vin.iii.112; Kv.163
2. visaṭṭhi at SN.iii.133 and AN.iv.52 (T….

…uyyatta C.); Ja.v.395 (= ussukka); Ja.vi.229 (= kāya-veyyāvacca-dān’ ādi-kamma-karaṇena vyāvaṭa C.)
■ dassana˚; keen on a…

…exerted Ja.v.395 (˚mana = ussukkamana C.). 2. striven after, pursued Ja.i.341. 3. dependent on Vism.310 (assāsa-passāsa˚); Ne.194; Sdhp.477,…