adjective lovable, pleasant, well-behaved amiable SN.i.149; SN.ii.387; AN.iv.22; AN.v.170; Snp.678; Snp.p.124; Mil.373; Sdhp.621. Often as epithet of a good bhikkhu, e.g. at SN.i.187; Vin.i.170; Vin.ii.241; Ja.iv.70; Vv-a.206; Pv-a.13, Pv-a.268.

cp. Epic Sk. peśala; Bdhgh’s pop. etym. at Snp-a.475 is “piya-sīla”