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sukhāya

sukha

fem instr sg of sukha (adj); masc dat sg of sukha (adj); fem dat sg of sukha (adj); nt dat sg of sukha (adj); …

1. sukha (adj): easy (on); comfortable (for); pleasant (for); good (for); contented
2. sukha (nt): ease; comfort; happiness; pleasure; contentment
3. sukha (adj): (of water) tepid
4. sukhāya (nt): comfortable (for); lit. for the comfort
5. sukhāyati (pr): is comfortable with; is ok with; is happy with
6. sukha (adj): (of weather) fine; mild; pleasant
7. sukha (adj): happy

Built from

• su — prefix · well, good
  The concrete sense is of excellence and beneficence; cognate with Greek eu- (eulogy), the same Indo-European root *su-. Here it marks what is advantageous.
• kha — root · empty space, aperture
  The root is *kha- 'to make empty, to be spacious'. The word holds the spatial image of unobstructed openness, the absence of confinement that lets ease flourish.

Etymology. From su- (well, good) + kha (empty space, aperture). The concrete image is of spacious, unobstructed ease — literally 'good space'. Cognate with Sanskrit sukha, also with English 'sky' (originally 'cloud-cover', but both words reflect PIE *k(w)elo- 'to cover, conceal'; here the negation of confinement suggests openness and ease). The word contrasts with dukkha (du- 'bad' + kha), which is the narrow, constrained opposite.

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

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