The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sukka2 (adj.) [Vedic $ukla] white, bright; bright, pure, good S ii.240; v.66, 104; Dh 87; Dhs 1303; It 36; J
i.129; Miln 200; sukkadhamma J i.129; ka*h!sukka' evil and good Sn 526; Sukk! a class of gods D ii.260.
-- a'sa bright lot, fortune Dh 72; DhA ii.73. -- chavi having a white skin J iv.184; vi.508; at both pass. said
of the sons of widows. -- pakkha [cp. BSk. $ukla -- pak+a Divy 38] the bright fortnight of a month A ii.19;
Miln 388; J iv.26 (opp. k!)a -- pakkha); the bright half, the good opportunity Th 2, 358; ThA 2.
Sukkha
Sukkha (adj.) [Vedic $u+ka, fr. $u+] dry, dried up D ii.347; J i.228, 326; iii.435; v.106; Miln 261, 407. Cp.
pari˚, vi˚. -- kaddama dried mud Mhvs 17, 35. -- kant!ra desert J v.70. -- vipassaka "dry -- visioned" Cpd.
55, 75; with diff. expln Geiger, Sa'yutta tsrln ii.172 n. 1.
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Sukkhati
Sukkhati [fr. $u+ka dry; $u+] to be dried up Miln 152; J v.472; ppr. sukkhanto getting dry J i.498; ppr. med.
sukkham!na wasting away J i.104; Caus. II. sukkh!peti S i.8; Vin iv.86; J i.201, 380; ii.56; DA i.262; see
also pubb!peti. -- pp. sukkhita.
Sukkhana
Sukkhana (nt.) [fr. sukkha] drying up J iii.390 (assu -- ˚).
Sukkh!pana
Sukkh!pana (nt.) [fr. sukkh!peti] drying, making dry J vi.420.
Sukkhita
Sukkhita [pp. of sukkhati] dried up, emaciated Miln 303. Cp. pari˚.
Sukha
Sukha (adj. -- n.) [Vedic sukha; in R. V. only of ratha; later generally] agreeable, pleasant, blest Vin i.3; Dh
118, 194, 331; Sn 383; pa&ipad!, pleasant path, easy progress A ii.149 sq.; Dhs 178; ka**a -- s. pleasant to
the ear D i.4; happy, pleased D ii.233. -- nt. sukha' wellbeing, happiness, ease; ideal, success Vin i.294; D
i.73 sq.; M i.37; S i.5; A iii.355 (deva -- manuss!na'); It 47; Dh 2; Sn 67; Dhs 10; DhsA 117; PvA 207
(lokiya˚ worldly happiness). -- k!yika sukkha bodily welfare Tikp 283; cp. Cpd. 1121; s!misa' s. material
happiness A i.81; iii.412; VbhA 268. On relation to p"ti (joy) see Vism 145 (sankh!ra -- kkhandha --
sangahit! p"ti, vedan! -- kkhandha -- sangahita' sukha') and Cpd. 56, 243. -- Defined further at Vism 145
& 461 (i&&ha -- pho&&habb -- ânubhavana -- lakkha*a'; i. e. of the kind of experiencing pleasant contacts). --
Two kinds, viz. k!yika & cetasika at Ps i.188; several other pairs at A i.80; three (praise, wealth, heaven) It
67; another three (manussa˚, dibba˚, nibb!na˚) DhA iii.51; four (possessing, making good use of
possessions, having no debts, living a blameless life) A ii.69. -- g!tha -- bandhana -- sukh'attha' for the
beauty of the verse J ii.224. -- Opp. asukha D iii.222, 246; Sn 738; or dukkha, with which often combd (e.
g. Sn 67, 873, with spelling dukha at both pass.). -- Cases: instr. sukhena with comfort, happily, through
happiness Th 1, 220; DhsA 406; acc. sukha' comfortably, in happiness; yath! s. according to liking PvA
133; sukha' seti to rest in ease, to lie well S i.41; A i.136; Dh 19, 201; J i.141. Cp. sukhasayita. -- s. edhati
to thrive, prosper S i.217; Dh 193; Sn 298; cp. sukham -- edha Vin iii.137 (with Kern's remarks Toev.
ii.83). s. viharati to live happily, A i.96; iii.3; Dh 379. -- Der. sokhya. -- atthin fem. -- n" longing for
happiness Mhvs 6, 4. -- !vaha bringing happiness, conducive to ease S i.2 sq., 55; Dh 35; J ii.42. -- indriya
the faculty of ease S v.209 sq.; Dhs 452; It 15, 52. -- udraya (sometimes spelt ˚undriya) having a happy