…akatakusalo ib. 6. kusalaṃ & akusalaṃ are discussed in detail (with ref. to rūpâvacara˚ fivefold, to arūpâvacara˚ & lokuttara˚…

…aspiration SN.iii.267 sq. (˚kusala); AN.ii.189; AN.iii.311; AN.iv.34 (˚kusala) Ja.i.14 (Buddhabhāvāya a. resolve to become a Buddha), Ja.i.15…

…thus adhi → ati in adhikusala, ˚kodhita, ˚jeguccha, ˚brahmā adhi → abhi in adhippatthita, ˚pātcti, ˚ppāya, ˚ppeta ˚bādheti,…

…DN.i.224 (kusalaṃ dhammaṃ) MN.i.114 (madhu-piṇḍikaṃ); Dhp.61 and adhigacche Dhp.368. ger. -gantvā DN.i.224;…

adjective in ˚ā dhammā “items of higher righteousness” DN.iii.145.

adhi + kusala

at SN.ii.54 (āsavā na a.; variant reading anusayanti) & iv. 188 (akusalā dhammā na a.; variant reading anusenti) should preferably be read anusayati: see anuseti 2.

adjective striving after, seeking, wishing for Snp.965 (kusala˚).

anu-esin

…sake of gain DN.iii.186

• -kusala clever in finding out what is good or profitable Snp.143 (= atthacheka Kp-a.236)
• -cara doing good, busy…

…[in military sense](/define/in military sense)) Ja.ii.369 (ārakkhassa b.); Mil.101 (kusalassa & akusalassa kammassa b.).

abstr. fr. balavant; cp….

…in foll. philos. terms: kusala AN.i.11; hāna˚, visesa˚ DN.iii.274 sq.; hāna˚, ṭhiti˚ visesa˚, nibbedha˚ Vism.15 (in verse), Vism.88 =…

…(˚vaṭṭa); Dhp-a.i.36 (kusala), Dhp-a.i.305 (˚vaṭṭa); Dhp-a.iv.69 (tebhūmaka-vaṭṭa-sankhātaṃ Māra-bandhanaṃ),…

…(˚vaṭṭa); Dhp-a.i.36 (kusala), Dhp-a.i.305 (˚vaṭṭa); Dhp-a.iv.69 (tebhūmaka-vaṭṭa-sankhātaṃ Māra-bandhanaṃ),…

…Mnd.14, Mnd.45, Mnd.171 (˚kusala), Mnd.341; Kv.i.158; Dhs.358, Dhs.528, Dhs.1354; Vb.199 sq., Vb.227 sq.; Vism.160; Mil.340; Dhp-a.i.230;…

…(patirāpadesavāsādino kusala-cakkassa bhañjanī C.); -bheda breaking peace or concord, sowing discord Vin.ii.198;…

…(and knowledge) Iti.82 (of kusalavitakkā); f. ˚ī SN.iv.331 (of majjhimā paṭipadā); Pts.ii.147;

• -dada one who gives the…

…(c. dat.): mā pāpakaṃ akusalaṃ cittaṃ cinteyyātha SN.v.418; na p. cetaye manasā pi Pv.ii.9#7 (= cinteyya piheyya Pv-a.116); p. na…

…zeal AN.i.229; AN.iv.15; kusaladhamma˚ AN.iii.441. Often combined with other good qualities, e.g. ch. vāyāma ussāha ussoḷhi AN.iv.320 ch….

…(c. dat.): mā pāpakaṃ akusalaṃ cittaṃ cinteyyātha SN.v.418; na p. cetaye manasā pi Pv.ii.9#7 (= cinteyya piheyya Pv-a.116); p. na…

…thought: mā pāpakaṃ akusalaṃ cittaṃ cinteyyātha (do not think any evil thought) SN.v.418; na cittamattam pi (not even one thought)…

cleverness, skill Ja.ii.237 (com. kusalassa-ñāṇa-sampayuttaṃ viriyaṃ); Ja.iii.468.

cp. dakkha²

…is the banner of the Wise); kusala dh. DN.i.224; dhamme ṭhita righteous Vv.16#8; ñāti˚ duty against relatives Pv-a.30; deyya˚ dāna Pv-a.9,…

…etc.) DN.ii.12; AN.ii.36 (kusala˚); AN.v.46; Thag.712; Ja.i.245 Ja.ii.128; Ne.21, Ne.50, cp. Mil.179; Pv-a.19; Vv-a.7. See also Avs…

…womb Mil.176;

• -kusala skilled in the elements MN.iii.62; ˚kusalatā proficiency in the (18) elements DN.iii.212;…

…Ja.iii.267;

• -kusala one who knows the directions Vin.ii.217;
• -cakkhuka “seeing” (i.e….

…AN.iii.338; Iti.45 (tīṇi akusalamūlāni). With rāga moha;: Dhp.20; Iti.2 = Iti.6; with rāga & avijjā; Iti.57; rāga & māna; Snp.270,…

…dukkhāya DN.iii.246 & akusalaṃ… ahitāya dukkhāya saṃvattati AN.i.58 5. Under vedanā as sensation are grouped…

…Vb.135 (kusala-cetanā), Vb.325 (pañña) Pv-a.8 (puñña), Pv-a.60 (identical) Pv-a.9 (kusala-kamma), Pv-a.51, etc *…

…to N. Sdhp.467.

-˚kusala (adj.) skilled in (finding proper) food; clever in right living-˚ behaving properly in, exercising properly…

…and 9 at Tikp.252, viz kusala˚, akusala˚, avyākata˚, in 3 × 3 constellations (cp Dhs-a.303)
■ On term in detail see Cpd. 279…

…(˚dhīra), Mnd.171 (˚kusala), Mnd.341 (pucchā); Dhs.58, Dhs.121, Dhs.528, Dhs.556 (dukkh˚), Dhs.560, Dhs.644 Dhs.736 Ne.18…

…jātena maccena kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ Dhp.53 = Mil.333; yakkhinī jātâsi (born a G. Ja.vi.337; rukkho j. Ja.i.222; latā jātā Dhp.340;…

…refreshed Vin.i.291;

• -kusala of sound skill (cp. kallita) SN.iii.265;
• -citta of ready, amenable mind,…

pleasantness, agreeableness SN.iii.270, SN.iii.273 (samādhismiṃ-˚kusala); AN.iii.311; AN.iv.34 (id.).

fr. kalla

…character, in phrase k˚ katakusala, etc. Iti.25, etc. (see kata ii.1 a) k˚ of kitti (-sadda) DN.i.49 (= DN-a.i.146…

beauty, goodness, virtuousness Vism.4 (ādi); k˚ -kusala clever, experienced in what is good Ne.20.

abstr. fr. kalyāṇa

…Pts.i.80; kusalassa k˚ssa katattā Vb.173 sq. Vb.266 sq.; Vb.297 sq.; kusala-k˚-paccayāni Bdhd 12; puññakamma merit,…

…do, usually w. puññaṃ & kusalaṃ poetical only) Pv.ii.11#3; Vv.33#192; second sing. kāhasi Snp.427, Snp.428; Dhp.154 1st pl. kāhāma…

…Pv.iv.7#7; Pv-a.59. -kusala a good man: see ˚*kalyāṇa* -thaddha…

…Pv.i.10#12 Snp.694; Pp.17; kusala˚ performance of good actions SN.i.101; SN.v.456; dāna˚ the bestowing of gifts Pv-a.123 pāpa˚ commission of…

…Pv.i.10#12 Snp.694; Pp.17; kusala˚ performance of good actions SN.i.101; SN.v.456; dāna˚ the bestowing of gifts Pv-a.123 pāpa˚ commission of…

…i.e. why? Pv-a.25;

• -kusalagavesin striving after that which is good MN.i.163 = MN.i.240;
• -jacca of what caste?…

…Pv-a.63, Pv-a.99 (upāya˚).

der. fr. kusala

…Pv.i.10#12 Snp.694; Pp.17; kusala˚ performance of good actions SN.i.101; SN.v.456; dāna˚ the bestowing of gifts Pv-a.123 pāpa˚ commission of…

…of kāya Kp-a.38 in def. of kusala Dhs-a.39; Vv-a.169; in def. of kukkucca Vism.470; in def. of paṃsu-kūla Vism.60.

Sk. kutsita, pp. of…

…to be read at Dhs.1122 for kusala˚; -vaṃsa lineage, progeny MN.ii.181; AN.iii.43; AN.iv.61; DN-a.i.256; expressions for…

…cp. AN.i.84, AN.i.94.

fem. abstr. fr. kusala

…(as the first three = akusaladhātus); Vb.404 See also DN.iii.275; Thag.378; Ja.v.454; Vism.486 (cp Vb.86). -nandī sensual delight (cp….

…susaṃvuto kāyena ca akusalaṃ na kayirā Dhp.281 = Ne.183.

Kāya as one of a dyad: vācā and kāya: SN.i.172 (˚gutta) MN.i.461…

…MN.i.220; Ja.i.272.

• -kusalatā cleverness at (telling people’s fortune by) signs Vv-a.138. *…

…principles of demerit see kusala-mūla), e.g. at AN.iv.96; Iti.83, Iti.84; Vism.116 Duka-pa.9, Kp.18 sq. See dosa & moha; …

…-kusala one who is clever as regards the road one who knows the road well SN.iii.108; Mnd.171 Vb-a.332 (in simile);…

…-kusalatā proficiency in attention DN.iii.211; -kosalla id. Vb-a.56 (in detail), Vb-a.224, Vb-a.226 sq.;…

…-kusalatā proficiency in attention DN.iii.211; -kosalla id. Vb-a.56 (in detail), Vb-a.224, Vb-a.226 sq.;…

…anukampā abyāpādo… kusalamūlaṃ“ at Mnd.488 & Dhs.1056 (where T. mettaṃ for metti, but see Dhs trsl.² 253). By Bdhgh at…

…(+ alobha, adosa; as the 3 kusala-mūlāni: cp. mūla 3), Vb.402 (id., as kusala-hetu)
■ Cp. pa˚, sam˚.

• -antara…

…akusala (absence of them = kusala), e.g. at DN.iii.214, DN.iii.275; AN.i.201; AN.i.203; Vb.106 sq., Vb.169, Vb.361;…

adjective producing, yielding Pv-a.26 (phala ˚ṃ kusalakammaṃ), Pv-a.126 (= sukha˚ = sukhāvaha).

cp. nibbatta

adjective done, produced, brought forth Pv-a.150 (a˚kusalakamma = akata).

pp. of nibbatteti

…nirbheda˚ Avs.ii.181, of kusalamūlāni; explained as lobhakkhandhassa (etc.) nibbijjhanāni at Ne.274] DN.iii.251, DN.iii.277; AN.iii.427…

…Mil.344 (˚paṭhanakusala, of lawyers); Pv-a.132, Pv-a.253. 2. (adj. ˚) founded on, caused by, originating in relating to SN.v.213 sq….

…(= gambhīra duddasa etc. Cnd.350); Vb.426; Mil.233, Mil.276; DN-a.i.117; Vv-a.73 (ariyasaccesu kusala +) Vv-a.232; Pv-a.1, Pv-a.16. Cp….

…polity & law), Pv-a.132 (˚kusala versed in the wisdom of life); Mil.3 (here meaning the Nyāyaphilosophy cp. Trenckner, Notes p. 58).

Sk….

…(atthuddhāra +).

• -kusala clever at following a trail Ja.iii.501, Ja.iii.505.
• -cārikā a…

…Iti.117; AN.iv.109 sq (akusalaṃ, sāvajjaṃ); Snp.789 (dukkhaṃ), Snp.1056, Snp.1058; Pts.i.63; Pts.ii.244. ppr. pajahaṃ SN.iii.27;…

1. to put down into (with loc. of receptacle), place into, enclose in (often used for ceremony of putting a corpse into a shell or mount) DN.ii.162 (tela-doṇiyā Bhagavato sarīraṃ p.); SN.ii.85; Ja.ii …

having come to, reached, attained Ja.vi.237 (phalaṃ; C = upagata), Ja.vi.238 (kusalaṃ C. = pariyāyena attano vārena āgata).

pari + ā + gata

adjective clever, skilful Dāvs v.33; Vv-a.168 (variant reading kusala).

cp. Class. Sk. pravīṇa

…SN.v.151 (+ vyatta kusala) AN.i.59, AN.i.68, AN.i.84, AN.i.101 sq., AN.i.162 (paṇḍitā nibbānaṃ adhigacchanti); AN.ii.3 sq.,…

…-kusala skilled in the (knowledge of the) chain of causation MN.iii.63; Mnd.171; f. abstr. -kusalatā…

…Scriptures) AN.iii.201 (˚kusala) Dhp.352; Ne.3 (˚ânusandhi); cp. BSk. pūrvāpareṇa vyākhyānaṃ karoti “explained in due order”…

…vuccati sabbaṃ akusalaṃ“ It is defined as “dāna-sīl’-ādi-pabheda” “sucaritaṃ kusala-kammaṃ” at Vv-a.19;…

…SN.i.207; SN.v.418 (p. akusala citta); Snp.127 Snp.215, Snp.664; Dhp.66, Dhp.78, Dhp.211, Dhp.242; Ja.i.128; Pv.ii.7#16 (= lāmaka C.);…

…SN.v.146 (kusala˚, akusala˚), SN.v.186; AN.iii.65 (akusala˚) Tikp.45. -
Note. In BSk. we find only 2 of the 3 categories…

moving, shaking Vv-a.169; Dhs-a.62 (in defⁿ of kusala as “kucchitānaṃ salan’ādīhi atthehi kusalaṃ”).

fr. śal

…refined, wrought SN.i.65 (sakusala˚; Bdhgh ukkāmukhe pacitvā s.; K.S. i.321); Snp.686 (sukusala˚ Snp-a.486: “kusalena suvaṇṇakārena…

1. concentration; a concentrated, self-collected, intent state of mind and meditation which, concomitant with right living, is a necessary condition to the attainment of higher wisdom and emancipatio …

…sq.; cp. Cpd. 59, 133 n. 3 -bhāvanā realizing the attainments Ja.i.67; -kusalatā success in attainment DN.iii.212; Dhs.1331 sq.

fr….

…so-called, named DN.i.163 (akusala˚ dhammā); DN.iii.65 DN.iii.133 = Vin.iii.46 (theyya˚ what is called theft); DN-a.i.313 (the sambodhi, by…

…loveliness DN-a.i.282. -kusala very skilful Ja.i.220; -khara very hard (-hearted) Ja.vi.508. (=…

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

…Dhs-a.50, Dhs-a.214 (˚kusala) Dhs-a.291;

• -māsa (nt.), Dhs-a.3 months, i.e. a season MN.i.438; Mil.15; Dhp-a.ii.192;…

…Vv-a.76; parittakassa kusalakammassa t. = quidem Pv-a.51; paṃsukūlikangaṃ t. in the first place Vism.62. 3. concessive

1. (absol.)…

…(cp. Dhp-a.iii.236) Ne.44 (kusalassa). 2. (in special sense) taking up the bhikkhuship, higher ordination, admission to the privileges of…

…Ja.i.256; Sdhp.405; without going near, without having a propensity for SN.i.181; MN.iii.25.

• -kusala clever in resource…

…Ja.i.48, Ja.i.145 ˚kusalamūla); Dhp-a.i.26 (id.); (lobho etc.) Asl.267; Mil.223 (id.); Ja.i.336 (kāla, fulfilled); Ja.iii.418;…

…(loka˚) DN-a.i.181 (= akusala-dhamma). Freq. in phrase aṇumattesu vajjesu bhaya-dassāvin “seeing a source of fear even in the slightest…

1. (f.) feeling, sensation (see on term, e.g. Cpd. 14 Mrs. Rh D. B. Psy., ch. iv.) DN.i.45; DN.ii.58 (cp. Dial. ii.54), DN.ii.66, DN.iii.58, DN.iii.77, DN.iii.221, DN.iii.228, DN.iii.238 (˚upādā …

1. driving out, abolishing destruction, removal Vin.i.3 (asmi-mānassa), Vin.i.235, Vin.iii.3 (akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ vinayāya dhammaṃ desemi); SN.i.40; Snp.921; AN.i.91 (kodha˚, upanāha˚), AN.ii.34 (pi …

…Vb-a.17, Vb-a.150 sq. (kusala˚ & akusala), Vb-a.144, Vb-a.177, Vb-a.391; Pv-a.50 Pv-a.73, Pv-a.77; Sdhp.12, Sdhp.73, Sdhp.197,…

…Vb.228 (sa˚), Vb.362 (akusala˚); Dhs.7, Dhs.160, Dhs.1268; Tikp.61 , Kp.333, Kp.353; Vism.291 (˚upaccheda); Mil.82, Mil.309; Dhs-a.142;…

…Vb-a.391 (yattakāni kusala-cittāni… tesaṃ sabbesaṃ); Vv-a.175 (yattakāni… tāni as many… so many, i.e. whatever), Vv-a.285…

…law SN.v.388; = kalyāṇa-kusala-dhammatā AN.ii.36; used in apposition with dhamma and kusala DN.ii.151; MN.ii.181, MN.ii.197; is replaced…

…genitive 3⁵): kusalavitakkā anandha-karaṇā cakkhu˚ ñāṇa˚ Iti.82
■ (f.) -ī (of majjhimā-paṭipadā) SN.iv.331; *…

…Cp. sam˚.

• -kusala versed in good manners Dhp.376 (cp. Dhp-a.iv.111).
• -gocara pasturing…

…Vin.iv.344; DN.iii.212 (˚kusalatā); AN.i.84 (id.), AN.i.87; AN.ii.240 (˚bhaya); Dhs.1330 sq. (cp. Dhs trsl. 346). anāpatti Vin.iii.35.

*…

…above 1)-ārammaṇa -kusala clever in the objects (of meditation SN.iii.266; ā˚ -paccayatā…

…Dhp-a.i.184.

• -kusala clever in earnings Ne.20.
• -kosalla proficiency in money making…

…in the ā. MN.iii.63.

• -kusalatā skill in the spheres (of sense) DN.iii.212; Dhs.1335.
• -ṭṭha founded in the…

…cp. samādhissa ṭhitikusala “one who is accomplished in lasting concentration” AN.iii.311, AN.iii.427; AN.iv.34.

from tiṭṭhati Sk….

…combination occurs with ˚kusala ˚kusalatā “accomplished or skilled (& skill) in understanding correct or faulty conclusions” DN.iii.212…