"kusala" meaning in Pali

See kusala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit कुशल (kuśala, adjective). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|कुशल|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=adjective|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit कुशल (kuśala, adjective), {{inh+|pi|sa|कुशल|pos=adjective}} Inherited from Sanskrit कुशल (kuśala, adjective) Head templates: {{pi-adj}} kusala Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}}, {{pi-decl-noun|kusalā|g=f}}, {{pi-decl-noun|g=n}} Forms: masculine [table-tags], kusalo [nominative, singular], kusalā [nominative, plural], kusalaṃ [accusative, singular], kusale [accusative, plural], kusalena [instrumental, singular], kusalehi [instrumental, plural], kusalebhi [instrumental, plural], kusalassa [dative, singular], kusalāya [dative, singular], kusalatthaṃ [dative, singular], kusalānaṃ [dative, plural], kusalasmā [ablative, singular], kusalamhā [ablative, singular], kusalā [ablative, singular], kusalehi [ablative, plural], kusalebhi [ablative, plural], kusalassa [genitive, singular], kusalānaṃ [genitive, plural], kusalasmiṃ [locative, singular], kusalamhi [locative, singular], kusale [locative, singular], kusalesu [locative, plural], kusala [singular, vocative], kusalā [plural, vocative], feminine [table-tags], kusalā [nominative, singular], kusalāyo [nominative, plural], kusalā [nominative, plural], kusalaṃ [accusative, singular], kusalāyo [accusative, plural], kusalā [accusative, plural], kusalāya [instrumental, singular], kusalāhi [instrumental, plural], kusalābhi [instrumental, plural], kusalāya [dative, singular], kusalānaṃ [dative, plural], kusalāya [ablative, singular], kusalāhi [ablative, plural], kusalābhi [ablative, plural], kusalāya [genitive, singular], kusalānaṃ [genitive, plural], kusalāya [locative, singular], kusalāyaṃ [locative, singular], kusalāsu [locative, plural], kusale [singular, vocative], kusalāyo [plural, vocative], kusalā [plural, vocative], neuter [table-tags], kusalaṃ [nominative, singular], kusalāni [nominative, plural], kusalaṃ [accusative, singular], kusalāni [accusative, plural], kusalena [instrumental, singular], kusalehi [instrumental, plural], kusalebhi [instrumental, plural], kusalassa [dative, singular], kusalāya [dative, singular], kusalatthaṃ [dative, singular], kusalānaṃ [dative, plural], kusalasmā [ablative, singular], kusalamhā [ablative, singular], kusalā [ablative, singular], kusalehi [ablative, plural], kusalebhi [ablative, plural], kusalassa [genitive, singular], kusalānaṃ [genitive, plural], kusalasmiṃ [locative, singular], kusalamhi [locative, singular], kusale [locative, singular], kusalesu [locative, plural], kusala [singular, vocative], kusalāni [plural, vocative]
  1. clever
    Sense id: en-kusala-pi-adj-DolcMjzH
  2. (morally) correct
    Sense id: en-kusala-pi-adj-FaWW48mM

Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit कुशल (kuśala, adjective). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|कुशल|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=adjective|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit कुशल (kuśala, adjective), {{inh+|pi|sa|कुशल|pos=adjective}} Inherited from Sanskrit कुशल (kuśala, adjective) Head templates: {{pi-noun|n}} kusala n
  1. good action Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-kusala-pi-noun-1z-0bys2
  2. merit Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-kusala-pi-noun-Qpv3jb2b Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pali adjectives in Latin script, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 0 16 61 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 0 16 60 19 Disambiguation of Pali adjectives in Latin script: 15 12 12 47 14 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 11 25 5 54 5
  3. virtue Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-kusala-pi-noun-M3EwUjLI

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Pali dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.