From Pali kusala (“merit, virtue”), from Sanskrit कुशल (kuśala).
kusala (first-person possessive kusalaku, second-person possessive kusalamu, third-person possessive kusalanya) kusala
Inherited from Sanskrit कुशल (kuśala, adjective).
kusala
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | kusalo | kusalā |
Accusative (second) | kusalaṃ | kusale |
Instrumental (third) | kusalena | kusalehi or kusalebhi |
Dative (fourth) | kusalassa or kusalāya or kusalatthaṃ | kusalānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | kusalasmā or kusalamhā or kusalā | kusalehi or kusalebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | kusalassa | kusalānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | kusalasmiṃ or kusalamhi or kusale | kusalesu |
Vocative (calling) | kusala | kusalā |
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | kusalā | kusalāyo or kusalā |
Accusative (second) | kusalaṃ | kusalāyo or kusalā |
Instrumental (third) | kusalāya | kusalāhi or kusalābhi |
Dative (fourth) | kusalāya | kusalānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | kusalāya | kusalāhi or kusalābhi |
Genitive (sixth) | kusalāya | kusalānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | kusalāya or kusalāyaṃ | kusalāsu |
Vocative (calling) | kusale | kusalāyo or kusalā |
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | kusalaṃ | kusalāni |
Accusative (second) | kusalaṃ | kusalāni |
Instrumental (third) | kusalena | kusalehi or kusalebhi |
Dative (fourth) | kusalassa or kusalāya or kusalatthaṃ | kusalānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | kusalasmā or kusalamhā or kusalā | kusalehi or kusalebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | kusalassa | kusalānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | kusalasmiṃ or kusalamhi or kusale | kusalesu |
Vocative (calling) | kusala | kusalāni |
kusala n
As the neuter of the adjective.
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kusala”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
kusala