adjective gentle, kind, humble, self-restrained MN.i.125; SN.i.65 SN.iv.305 (text, sūrata); AN.ii.43; AN.iii.349, AN.iii.393 sq.; Snp.309 Snp.515, Snp.540; Ja.iv.303; Dhp-a.i.56.

= su + rata, with so˚ for sū˚, which latter is customary for su˚ before r (cp. dūr˚ for dur˚). See du¹ 2 and Geiger, P.Gr. § 11. The BSk. is sūrata.