adjective bent, crooked (cp. kuj and kuc, Morris J.P.T.S. 1893, 15) Ja.iii.112 (= jimha); Mil.297 (˚sankuṭila), Mil.418 (of an arrow); nt. a bend, a crook Mil.351. -a˚; straight Vv.16#7 (-magga).

• -bhāva crookedness of character Vism.466; Pv-a.51; Vv-a.84.
• -a˚ uprightness Bdhd 20.