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-abhisanda overflow of merit (+puñña°) A ii.54 sq.; iii.51; usually comb with kunnadī and appl in similes: S ii.32=A
337; -kamma meritorious action, right conduct A i.104; 292 i.243=v.114; S ii.118; v.47, 63, 395; A ii.140; iv.100; Sn 720;
sq.; Ps i.85; ii.72 sq.; PvA 9, 26; -cittā (pl.) good thoughts PvA 29; DA i.58.
Vbh 169 — 173, 184, 285 sq., 294 sq.; -cetanā right voli-
Kuha (adj.) [Sk. kuha; *qeudh to conceal, cp. Gr. κεύδω;
tion Vbh 135; -dhammā (pl.) (all) points of righteousness,
Ags hȳdan, E. hide] deceitful, fraudulent, false, in phrase kuhā
good qualities of character S ii.206; M i.98; A iv.11 sq.; v.90
thaddhā lapā singī A ii.26=Th 1, 959= It 113. — akuha hon-
sq.; 123 sq.; Pug 68, 71; Vbh 105; Ps i.101, 132; ii.15, 230;
est, upright M i.386; Sn 957; Miln 352.
VvA 74, 127; -pakkha "the side of virtue," all that belongs
Kuhaka [der. fr. prec.] deceitful, cheating; a cheat, a fraud,
to good character M iii.77 (and a°) with adj. °pakkhika S d
comb with lapaka D i.8; A iii.111. — A v.159 sq.; Sn
v.91; -macchariya Dhs 1122 is to be corrected to kula° in-
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stead of kusala° (meanness as regards family) cp. Nd on ve- 984, 987; J i.375 (°tāpasa); DhA iv.152 (°brāhmaṇa); iv.153
(°cora); Miln 310, 357; PvA 13; DA i.91.
viccha; -mūla the basis or root of goodness or merit; there are
three: alobha, adosa, amoha M i.47, 489=A i.203=Nett 183; Kuhanā (f.) [abstr. fr. adj. kuhana=kuhaka] 1. deceit, fraud,
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D iii.214; Dhs 32, 313, 981; Vbh 169 sq., 210; Nett 126. Cp. hypocrisy, usually in comb kuhana — lapana "deceit and talk-
°paccaya Vbh 169; °ropanā Nett 50; -vitakka good reason- ing — over"=deceitful talk D i.8; A iii.430; DA i.92; Miln 383;
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ing, of which there are three: nekkhamma°, avyāpāda°, avi- Nd on avajja. — M i.465=It 28, 29; S iv.118; A v.159 sq.;
hiṁsā° D iii.215; It 82; Nett 126; -vipāka being a fruit of Vism 23; Vbh 352; Sdhp 375. — 2. menacing SnA 582. —
good kamma Dhs 454; Vism 454 (twofold, viz. ahetuka & sa- Opp. akuhaka Sn 852. — Var. commentator's derivations
hetuka). -vedanā good, pure feeling Vbh 3 sq.; cp. °saññā are kuhāyanā (fr. kuhanā) and kuhitattaṁ (fr. kuheti), to be
and °sankhārā Vbh 6 sq.; Nett 126 (three °saññā, same as un- found at Vism 26.
der °vitakkā); -sīla good, proper conduct of life M ii.25 sq.; -vatthūni (pl.) cases or opportunities of deceit, three of
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adj. °sīlin D i.115 (=DA i.286). which are discussed at Nd on nikkuha, mentioned also at
Vism 24; DA i.91 & SnA 107.
Kusalatā [fem. abstr. fr. kusala] (only — °) skill, cleverness, ac-
complishment; good quality. — lakkhaṇa° skill in interpreting Kuhara (nt.) (der. fr. kuha) a hole, a cavity; lit. a hiding-place
special signs VvA 138; aparicita° neglect in acquiring good Dāvs i.62.
qualities PvA 67. For foll. cp. Mrs. Rh. D. Dhs. trsl. pp. 345
Kuhiṁ see under ku°.
— 348; āpatti° skill as to what is an offence; samāpatti° in the
Kuhilikā (pl.) kuhali flowers Attanugaluvaṁsa 216.
Attainments; dhātu° in the Elements; manasikāra° proficiency
in attention; āyatana° skill in the spheres; paṭiccasamuppāda° Kuhīyati only in pahaṁsīyati+k° "he exults and rejoices" at Miln
skill in conditioned Genesis; ṭhāna° and aṭṭhāna° skill in af- 325 (cp. Miln trsl. ii.220, where printed kuhūyati).
firming (negating) causal conjuncture: all at D iii.212 and Dhs Kuheti [v. denom. fr. kuha] to deceive DA 91; ger. kuhitvā
1329 — 1338; cp. A i.84, 94. deceiving J vi.212.
Kusi (nt.) one of the four cross seams of the robe of a bhikkhu Vin Kūjati [kuj, expl with guj at Dhtp 78 by "avyatte sadde"] to sing
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i.287; ii.177; and aḍḍha° intermediate cross seam ibid. See (of birds; cp. vikūjati) J ii.439; iv.296; Dāvs v.51. — pp.
Bdhgh's note in Vin. Texts ii.208. kūjita see abhi°, upa°.
Kusīta (adj.) [Sk. kusīda; cp. kosajja] indolent, inert, inactive. 1 1
Kūṭa (nt.) [Dhtp 472 & Dhtm 526 expl. kuṭ of kūṭa by
Expl. by kāma — vitakkādīhi vitakkehi vītināmanakapuggalo
koṭille (koṭilye), cp. Sk. kūṭa trap, cp. Gr. παλεύω to
DhA ii.260; by nibbiriyo DhA iii.410; by alaso PvA 175, Often trap birds] a trap, a snare; fig. falsehood, deceit. As trap
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comb with hīnaviriya, devoid of zeal; It 27, 116; Dh 7, 112, J i.143 (kūṭapāsādi); iv.416 (expl paṭicchannapāsa). As de-
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280; Miln 300, 396. Also equivalent to alasa Dh 112; comb d
ceit, cheating in formula tulā° kaṁsa° māna° "cheating with
with dussīla Miln 300, 396; with duppañña D iii.252=282; A
weight, coin and measure" (DA i.78=vañcana) D i.5=iii.176=S
ii.227, 230; iii.7, 183, 433. — In other connections: M i.43,
v.473=M i.180 =A ii.209; v.205=Pug 58. māna° PvA 278. —
471; A iii.7 sq., 127; v.95, 146, 153, 329 sq.; S ii.29, 159, 206;
As adj. false, deceitful, cheating, see cpds. — Note. kūṭe J
It 71, 102; J iv.131 (nibbiriya+); Vism 132; DhA i.69. The
i.145 ought to be read kuṭe (antokuṭe padīpo viya, cp. ghaṭa).
eight kusītavatthūni, occasions of indolence, are enumerated
-aṭṭa a false suit, in °kāra a false suitor J ii.2; DhA i.353;
at A iv.332; D iii.255; Vbh 385. — akusīta alert, mindful, -jaṭila a fraudulent ascetic J i.375; DhA i.40; -māna false
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careful Sn 68 (+alīnacitto); Nd s. v.; Sdhp 391. 2
measure PvA 191; -vāṇija a false — trader Pv iii.4 ; PvA
Kusītatā (f.) [abstr. fr. kusīta] in a° alertness, brightness, keen- 191; -vinicchayikatā a lie (false discrimination) PvA 210.
ness VvA 138. -vedin lier, calumniator J iv.177.
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Kusuma (nt.) any flower J iii.394 (°dāma); v.37; PvA 157 (=pup- Kūṭa (m. nt.) [Vedic kūṭa horn, bone of the forehead, promi-
pha); VvA 42; Dpvs i.4; Sdhp 246, 595; Dāvs v.51 (°agghika), nence, point, *qele to jut forth, be prominent; cp. Lat. celsus,
fig. vimutti° the flower of emancipation Th 1, 100; Miln 399. collis, columen; Gr. κολωνός κολοϕών; Ags. holm, E. hill]
— (a) prominence, top (cp. koṭi), in abbha° ridge of the cloud
Kusumita (adj.) in flower, blooming VvA 160, 162.
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Vv i. (=sikhara); aṁsa° shoulder, clavicle, VvA 121, 123
Kusumbha (nt.) the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius, used for dy-
pabbata° mountain peak Vin ii.193; J i.73. Cp. koṭa. — (b)
ing red J v.211 (°rattavattha); vi.264 (do); Khus iv.2. 4
the top of a house, roof, pinnacle A i.261; Vv 78 (=kaṇṇikā
Kussubbha and kussobbha (nt.) [Sk. kuśvabhra] a small pond, VvA 304); gaha° Dh 154; PvA 55. Cp. also kūṭāgāra. — (c) a
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