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Kusalata 52 Kujati
sherds PvA 28;. — In derivation k. is expl'' by Dhp&la
& Bdhgh by kucchita and salana, viz. kucchita-salauidi
attheua kusalarj VvA 169 ; kucchite papadhamme
salayanti calayanti kappenti viddharisenti ti kusalS
DhsA 39 ; where four alternative derivations are given
(cp Mrs. Rh. P., Dhs. trsl. p. Ixxxii). — 2. (nt.) a good
thing, good deeds, virtue, merit, good consciousness
(citta omitted; cp. DhsA 162, 200, etc.): yassa pJlpai)
katar) kammai) kusalena pithiyati, so imag lokar)
pabhaseti " he makes this world shine, who covers an
evil deed with a good one " M n.104 — Dh i73 = Th i,
872 ; snkhafl ca k. pucchi (fitness) Sn 981 ; Vv 30'
( = arogyai)); D 1.24; J vi.367 ; Pv i.:' ( = puili\a);
-abhisanda overflow of merit ( + pun6a°) \ 11.54
sq. ;
sq. ; iii.:,i ; 337; -kamma meritorious action, right
conduct A 1.104 : 292 sq. ; Ps 1.85 ; n.72 sq. ; PvA 9, 26
-citta (pi.) gooid thoughts Vbh 169-173, 184, 285 sq.,
294 sq. ; -cetana right volition Vbh 135 ; -dhamma (pi.)
(all) points of righteousness, good quaUties of character
S 11.206 ; M 1.98 ; A iv.ii sq. ; v. 90 sq. ; 123 sq. ; Pug
68, 71; Vbh 105; Ps i.ioi, 132; n.15, 230; VvA 74,
-pakkha " the side of virtue." all that belongs to
127 ;
good character M 111.77 (and a") with adj. "pakkhika
S v. 91 ; -macchariya Dhs 1122 is to be corrected to
kula° instead of kusala° (meanness as regards family)
-mula the basis or root of goodness
cp. Nd' on veviccha ;
or merit ; there are three : alobha, adosa, amoha M
1.47, 489="A i,203 = Nett 183; D 111.214; Dhs 32, 313,
981 ; Vbh 169 sq., 210 ; Nett 126. Cp. "paccaya Vbh
169 ; "ropana Nett 50 ; 'Titakka good reasoning, of
which there are three : nekkhamma", avySpSda", avihigsjl"
D HI. 215; It 82; Nett 126; -vipaka being a
Vism 454 (twofold, viz.
fruit of good kamma Dhs 454 ;
dhetuka & sahetuka). -vedana good, pure feeling
Vbh 3 sq. ; cp. °saiifia and °sankhara Vbh 6 sq. ; Nett
12O (three °safiaa., same as under °vitakk3) ; -sUa good,
proper conduct of life M 11.25 ^l- ^'^j- °silin D 1.115
( = nA 1.286).
KoMtett [fern, abstr. fr. kusala] (only -°) skill, cleverness,
accomplishment ; good quality. — lakkhaoa° skill in
interpreting special signs VvA 138; aparicita° neglect
in acquiring good qualities PVA 67. For foil. cp.
Mrs. Rh. D. Dhs. trsl. pp. 345-348 ; Spatti" skill as to
what is an oSence ; samipatti" in the Attainments
dhatu° in the Elements ; manasikara° proficiency in
attention ; Syatana" skill in the spheres ; paticcasamuppada"
skill in conditioned Genesis ; thana° and
auhana° skill in aflirming (negating) causal conjuncture:
all at D III. 212 and Dhs 1329-1338; cp. A
1.84. 94.
Kosi (nt.) one of the four cross seams of the robe of a
bhikkhu Vin 1.287; 11.177: and a