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kusalassa

kusala

masc dat sg of kusala (adj); nt dat sg of kusala (adj); masc gen sg of kusala (adj); nt gen sg of kusala (adj); …

1. healthy; beneficial; useful; good; wholesome; karmically profitable
2. skilled; clever; competent; expert; adept (in)
3. master (of); expert (in); adept (in) familiar (with); person skilled (in)
4. good; benefit; merit; good deed; doing good
5. health; how are you?

Etymology. From a root meaning 'to be able' or 'to succeed'; related to Sanskrit kuśala. The word carries the sense of what leads to good outcomes, moral skillfulness in action.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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