The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

good and bad M i.489; S v.91; Miln 25; Nett 161, 192; Dhs 1124 sq. -- sukusala (dhamm!na') highly
skilled D i.180 (cp. M. ii.31). -- anuesin striving after righteousness Sn 965; cp. kinkusal!nuesin D ii.151
and kinkusalagavesin M i.163 sq.; -- abhisanda overflow of merit (+puñña˚) A ii.54 sq.; iii.51; 337; --
kamma meritorious action, right conduct A i.104; 292 sq.; Ps i.85; ii.72 sq.; PvA 9, 26; -- citt! (pl.) good
thoughts Vbh 169 -- 173, 184, 285 sq., 294 sq.; -- cetan! right volition Vbh 135; -- dhamm! (pl.) (all)
points of righteousness, good qualities of character S ii.206; M i.98; A iv.11 sq.; v.90 sq.; 123 sq.; Pug 68,
71; Vbh 105; Ps i.101, 132; ii.15, 230; VvA 74, 127; -- pakkha "the side of virtue," all that belongs to good
character M iii.77 (and a˚) with adj. ˚pakkhika S v.91; -- macchariya Dhs 1122 is to be corrected to kula˚
instead of kusala˚ (meanness as regards family) cp. Nd2 on veviccha; -- m(la the basis or root of goodness
or merit; there are three: alobha, adosa, amoha M i.47, 489=A i.203=Nett 183; D iii.214; Dhs 32, 313, 981;
Vbh 169 sq., 210; Nett 126. Cp. ˚paccaya Vbh 169; ˚ropan! Nett 50; -- vitakka good reasoning, of which
there are three: nekkhamma˚, avy!p!da˚, avihi's!˚ D iii.215; It 82; Nett 126; -- vip!ka being a fruit of good
kamma Dhs 454; Vism 454 (twofold, viz. ahetuka & sahetuka). -- vedan! good, pure feeling Vbh 3 sq.; cp.
˚saññ! and ˚sankh!r! Vbh 6 sq.; Nett 126 (three ˚saññ!, same as under ˚vitakk!); -- s"la good, proper
conduct of life M ii.25 sq.; adj. ˚s"lin D i.115 (=DA i.286).
Kusalat!
Kusalat! [fem. abstr. fr. kusala] (only -- ˚) skill, cleverness, accomplishment; good quality. -- lakkha*a˚
skill in interpreting special signs VvA 138; aparicita˚ neglect in acquiring good qualities PvA 67. For foll.
cp. Mrs. Rh. D. Dhs. trsl. pp. 345 -- 348; !patti˚ skill as to what is an offence; sam!patti˚ in the
Attainments; dh!tu˚ in the Elements; manasik!ra˚ proficiency in attention; !yatana˚ skill in the spheres;
pa&iccasamupp!da˚ skill in conditioned Genesis; &h!na˚ and a&&h!na˚ skill in affirming (negating) causal
conjuncture: all at D iii.212 and Dhs 1329 -- 1338; cp. A i.84, 94.
Kusi
Kusi (nt.) one of the four cross seams of the robe of a bhikkhu Vin i.287; ii.177; and a..ha˚ intermediate
cross seam ibid. See Bdhgh's note in Vin. Texts ii.208.
Kus"ta
Kus"ta (adj.) [Sk. kus"da; cp. kosajja] indolent, inert, inactive. Expl. by k!ma -- vitakk!d"hi vitakkehi
v"tin!manakapuggalo DhA ii.260; by nibbiriyo DhA iii.410; by alaso PvA 175, Often combd with
h"naviriya, devoid of zeal; It 27, 116; Dh 7, 112, 280; Miln 300, 396. Also equivalent to alasa Dh 112;
combd with duss"la Miln 300, 396; with duppañña D iii.252=282; A ii.227, 230; iii.7, 183, 433. -- In other
connections: M i.43, 471; A iii.7 sq., 127; v.95, 146, 153, 329 sq.; S ii.29, 159, 206; It 71, 102; J iv.131
(nibbiriya+); Vism 132; DhA i.69. The eight kus"tavatth(ni, occasions of indolence, are enumerated at A
iv.332; D iii.255; Vbh 385. -- akus"ta alert, mindful, careful Sn 68 (+al"nacitto); Nd2 s. v.; Sdhp 391.
Kus"tat!
Kus"tat! (f.) [abstr. fr. kus"ta] in a˚ alertness, brightness, keenness VvA 138.
Kusuma
Kusuma (nt.) any flower J iii.394 (˚d!ma); v.37; PvA 157 (=puppha); VvA 42; Dpvs i.4; Sdhp 246, 595;
D!vs v.51 (˚agghika), fig. vimutti˚ the flower of emancipation Th 1, 100; Miln 399.
Kusumita
Kusumita (adj.) in flower, blooming VvA 160, 162.