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Kulanka Kusala

Kulanka- pādaka "buttresses of timber" (Vin. Texts iii.174) Vin Kuvilāra=koviḷāra J v.69 (v. l. B. ko°).
ii.152 (cp. Bdhgh. p. 321 and also Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 78).
Kusa 1. the kusa grass (Poa cynosuroides) DhA iii.484: tikhiṇad-
Kulattha a kind of vetch M i.245 (°yūsa): Miln 267; Vism 256 hāraṁ tiṇaṁ antamaso tālapaṇṇam pi; Dh 311; J i.190 (=tiṇa);
(°yūsa). iv.140. — 2. a blade of grass used as a mark or a lot:
n
Kulala a vulture, hawk, falcon, either in comb with kāka or gi- pātite kuse "when the lot has been cast" Vin i.299; kusaṁ
sankāmetvā "having passed the lot on" Vin iii.58.
jjha, or both. Kāka+k° Vin iv.40; Sn 675 (=SnA 250); gi-
-agga the point of a blade of grass PvA 254=DA i.164;
jjha+k° PvA 198; gijjhā kākā k° Vin iii.106; kākā k° gijjhā M
Sdhp 349; kusaggena bhuñjati or pivati to eat or drink only (as
i.58; cp. gijjho kanko kulalo M i.364, 429.
little as) with a blade of grass Dh 70; VvA 73 (cp. Udānavarga
Kulāla a potter; only in -cakka a potter's wheel J i.63; -bhājana 28
p. 105); -kaṇṭhaka=prec. Pv iii.2 ; -cīra a garment of grass
a potter's vessel DhA i.316; PvA 274.
Vin i.305=D i.167 =A i.240, 295=ii.206=Pug 55; -pāta the
Kulāva 1. waste (?) Vin ii.292: na kulāvaṁ gamenti "don't let casting of a kusa lot Vin i.285; -muṭṭhi a handful of grass A
anything go to waste." Reading doubtful. — 2. a cert. bird J v.234= 249.
vi.538. 5
Kusaka=prec. Vv 35 (=VvA 162).
Kulāvaka (nt.) a nest D i.91 (=DA i.257 nivāsaṭṭhanaṁ); S i.8; S
Kusala (adj.) [cp. Sk. kuśala] 1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert;
i.224=J i.203 (a brood of birds=supaṇṇapotakā); J iii.74 (v. l.
good, right, meritorious M i.226; Dh 44; J i.222. Esp. appl. in
BB), 431; vi.344; DhA ii.22.
moral sense (=puñña), whereas akusala is practically equiva-
Kulika (adj.) [fr. kula] belonging to a family, in agga° coming lent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇaṁ aduṭṭhacitto mettāyati kusalo
from a very good family PvA 199. tena hoti It 21; sappañño paṇḍito kusalo naro Sn 591, cp. 523;
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Pv i.3 (=nipuṇa). With kamma=a meritorious action, in kam-
Kuḷika (?) in kata° — kalāpaka a bundle of beads? Bdhgh Vin 7 11
n
ii.315 (C.V. v.1, 3) in expl of kuruvindaka — sutti. maṁ katvā kusalaṁ D iii.157; Vv iii.2 ; Pv i.10 see cpds. —
ācāra — k° good in conduct Dh 376; parappavāda° skilled in
Kulinka a bird J iii.541 (=sakuṇika 542). Cp. kulunka.
disputation Dpvs iv.19; magga° (and opp. amagga°) one who
Kulin=kulika, in akulino rājāno ignoble kings Anvs. introd. (see is an expert as regards the Path (lit. & fig.) S iii.108; samā-
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J.P.T.S. 1886 p. 35 , where akuliro which is conjectured as patti°, etc. A v.156 sq.; sālittaka — payoge k° skilled in the art
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akulino by Andersen, Pāli Reader, p. 102 ). of throwing potsherds PvA 282. — In derivation k. is expl d
by Dhpāla & Bdhgh by kucchita and salana, viz. kucchita
Kulīna=prec. in abhijāta — kula — kulīna descendant of a rec-
— salanādi atthena kusalaṁ VvA 169; kucchite pāpadhamme
ognized clan Miln 359 (of a king); uccā° of noble birth, in uc-
salayanti calayanti kappenti viddhaṁsenti ti kusalā DhsA 39;
cākulīnatā descent from a high family S i.87; M iii.37; VvA
32; nīca° of mean birth Sn 462. where four alternative derivations are given (cp. Mrs. Rh. D.,
Dhs. trsl. p. lxxxii). — 2. (nt.) a good thing, good deeds,
Kulīra a crab, in kulīra — pādaka "a crab — footer," i. e. a (sort
virtue, merit, good consciousness (citta omitted; cp. DhsA
of) bedstead Vin ii.149; iv.40 (kulira), cp. Bdhgh on latter
162, 200, etc.): yassa pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ kusalena pithīy-
passage at Vin iv.357 (kuḷira° and kuḷiya°): a bedstead with
ati, so imaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti "he makes this world shine, who
curved or carved legs; esp. when carved to represent animal's
covers an evil deed with a good one" M ii.104=Dh 173=Th
feet (Vin. Texts iii.164). 1
1, 872; sukhañ ca k. pucchi (fitness) Sn 981; Vv 30 (=āro-
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Kulīraka a crab J vi.539 (=kakkaṭaka 540). gyaṁ); D i.24; J vi.367; Pv i.1 (=puñña); PvA 75; Miln 25.
— In special sense as ten kusalāni equivalent to the dasasīlaṁ
Kulunka a cert. small bird J iii.478. Cp. kulinka.
(cp. sīla) M i.47; A v.241, 274. All good qualities (dhammā)
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Kulla a raft (of basket — work) (orig. meaning "hollow shaft,"
which constitute right and meritorious conduct are comprised
cp. Sk. kulya, bone; Lat. caulis stalk, Gr. καυλός, Ohg. hol,
in the phrase — kusala — dhammā Sn 1039, 1078, expld. in
E. hollow) Vin i.230; D ii.89 (kullaṁ bandhati); M i.134 (kul- 2
extenso Nd s. v. See also cpd. °dhamma. — Kusalaṁ karoti
lūpama dhamma).
to do what is good and righteous, i. e. kāyena, vācāya, man-
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Kulla (adj.) [fr. kula, Sk. kaula & kaulya, *kulya] belonging to asā It 78; cp. Dh 53; sabba — pāpassa akaraṇaṁ kusalassa
the family J iv.34 (°vatta family custom). upasampadā sacittapariyodapanaṁ etaṁ Buddhānusāsanaṁ D
ii.49=Dh 183; cp. Nett 43, 81, 171, 186. Kusalaṁ bhāveti
Kullaka crate, basket work, a kind of raft, a little basket J vi.64.
-vihāra (adj.) the state of being like one who has found a to pursue righteousness (together with akusalaṁ pajahati to
raft (?) Vin ii.304 (cp. Bdhgh uttānavihāra ibid. p. 330, and give up wrong habits) A i.58; iv.109 sq.; It 9. — akusala
Vin. Texts iii.404: an easy life). More correct is Kern's expl n adj.: improper, wrong, bad; nt.: demerit, evil deed D i.37,
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(Toev. s. v.) which puts kullaka in this comb =kulla (Sk. 163; bālo+akusalo Sn 879, 887;=pāpa PvA 60, cp. pāpapa-
kauyla), thus meaning well — bred, of good family, gentle- suto akatakusalo ib. 6. kusalaṁ & akusalaṁ are discussed
manly. -saṇṭhāna consisting of stalks bound together, like a in detail (with ref. to rūpâvacara° fivefold, to arūpâvacara°
raft J ii.406 — 408 (not correct Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 78). Cp. & lokuttara° fourfold, to kāmâvacara° eight & twelvefold) at
Kern, Toev. i.154. Vism 452 — 454. — kusalâkusala good and bad M i.489;
S v.91; Miln 25; Nett 161, 192; Dhs 1124 sq. — sukusala
Kuva(ṁ) see ku —.
(dhammānaṁ) highly skilled D i.180 (cp. M. ii.31).
d
Kuvalaya the (blue) water — lily, lotus, usually comb with ka- -anuesin striving after righteousness Sn 965; cp.
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mala, q. v. Vv 35 ; DA i.50; VvA 161, 181; PvA 23, 77. kinkusalānuesin D ii.151 and kinkusalagavesin M i.163 sq.;
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