The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kuva(') see ku -- .
Kuvalaya
Kuvalaya the (blue) water -- lily, lotus, usually combd with kamala, q. v. Vv 354; DA i.50; VvA 161, 181;
PvA 23, 77.
Kuvil!ra
Kuvil!ra=kovi)!ra J v.69 (v. l. B. ko˚).
Kusa
Kusa 1. the kusa grass (Poa cynosuroides) DhA iii.484: tikhi*adh!ra' ti*a' antamaso t!lapa**am pi; Dh
311; J i.190 (=ti*a); iv.140. -- 2. a blade of grass used as a mark or a lot: p!tite kuse "when the lot has been
cast" Vin i.299; kusa' sank!metv! "having passed the lot on" Vin iii.58. -- agga the point of a blade of
grass PvA 254=DA i.164; Sdhp 349; kusaggena bhuñjati or pivati to eat or drink only (as little as) with a
blade of grass Dh 70; VvA 73 (cp. Ud!navarga p. 105); -- ka*&haka=prec. Pv iii.228; -- c"ra a garment of
grass Vin i.305=D i.167 =A i.240, 295=ii.206=Pug 55; -- p!ta the casting of a kusa lot Vin i.285; -- mu&&hi
a handful of grass A v.234= 249.
Kusaka
Kusaka=prec. Vv 355 (=VvA 162).
Kusala
Kusala (adj.) [cp. Sk. ku$ala] 1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious M i.226; Dh 44; J
i.222. Esp. appl. in moral sense (=puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to p!pa. ekam pi ce
p!*a' adu&&hacitto mett!yati kusalo tena hoti It 21; sappañño pa*.ito kusalo naro Sn 591, cp. 523; Pv i.33
(=nipu*a). With kamma=a meritorious action, in kamma' katv! kusala' D iii.157; Vv iii.27; Pv i.1011 see
cpds. -- !c!ra -- k˚ good in conduct Dh 376; parappav!da˚ skilled in disputation Dpvs iv.19; magga˚ (and
opp. amagga˚) one who is an expert as regards the Path (lit. & fig.) S iii.108; sam!patti˚, etc. A v.156 sq.;
s!littaka -- payoge k˚ skilled in the art of throwing
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potsherds PvA 282. -- In derivation k. is expld by Dhp!la & Bdhgh by kucchita and salana, viz. kucchita --
salan!di atthena kusala' VvA 169; kucchite p!padhamme salayanti calayanti kappenti viddha'senti ti
kusal! DhsA 39; where four alternative derivations are given (cp. Mrs. Rh. D., Dhs. trsl. p. lxxxii). -- 2.
(nt.) a good thing, good deeds, virtue, merit, good consciousness (citta omitted; cp. DhsA 162, 200, etc.):
yassa p!pa' kata' kamma' kusalena pith"yati, so ima' loka' pabh!seti "he makes this world shine, who
covers an evil deed with a good one" M ii.104=Dh 173=Th 1, 872; sukhañ ca k. pucchi (fitness) Sn 981; Vv
301 (=!rogya'); D i.24; J vi.367; Pv i.13 (=puñña); PvA 75; Miln 25. -- In special sense as ten kusal!ni
equivalent to the dasas"la' (cp. s"la) M i.47; A v.241, 274. All good qualities (dhamm!) which constitute
right and meritorious conduct are comprised in the phrase -- kusala -- dhamm! Sn 1039, 1078, expld. in
extenso Nd2 s. v. See also cpd. ˚dhamma. -- Kusala' karoti to do what is good and righteous, i. e. k!yena,
v!c!ya, manas! It 78; cp. Dh 53; sabba -- p!passa akara*a' kusalassa upasampad! sacittapariyodapana'
eta' Buddh!nus!sana' D ii.49=Dh 183; cp. Nett 43, 81, 171, 186. Kusala' bh!veti to pursue righteousness
(together with akusala' pajahati to give up wrong habits) A i.58; iv.109 sq.; It 9. -- akusala adj.: improper,
wrong, bad; nt.: demerit, evil deed D i.37, 163; b!lo+akusalo Sn 879, 887;=p!pa PvA 60, cp. p!papasuto
akatakusalo ib. 6. kusala' & akusala' are discussed in detail (with ref. to r(pâvacara˚ fivefold, to
ar(pâvacara˚ & lokuttara˚ fourfold, to k!mâvacara˚ eight & twelvefold) at Vism 452 -- 454. -- kusalâkusala