कुशलमूल (kuzalamUla)

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   कुशलमूल  kuzalamUla  n.
   stock of merit

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 कुशल—मूल n.
  a stock of merit,  Sukh.
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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 kuśala-mūla,  nt.,  usually pl. (= Pali kus°),  root(s) of merit
 Pali has three,  alobha,  adosa,  amoha
 the same,  with adveṣa = Pali adosa,  in Mvy 〔1936—8〕
 Dharmas 〔138〕
 two other kinds named separately Mvy 〔1208—9〕,  abhisamayāntikaṃ ku°,  and kṣayajñānalābhikaṃ ku°
 a different list of three in Dharmas 〔15〕,  bodhicittotpāda,  āśayaviśuddhi,  ahaṃkāra-mamakāra-parityāga
 Mvy 〔7417〕 avaropitakuśalamūla,  one who has planted (see avaropayati) roots of merit
 very many other occurrences,  e.g. LV 〔429.14〕
 Mv (see kuśala-puṇya) 〔i.134.3〕
 〔142.11〕
 Divy 〔23.18〕
 〔65.10〕
 〔95.25〕
 Av 〔i.4.2〕,  et passim
 often referred to in praṇidhāna as basis for making the ‘earnest wish’.

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Indian Epigraphical Glossary

English

 kuśala-mūla (CII 2-1
 ML),  ‘the root of merit’
 used
to indicate ‘a pious deed’.

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

dge ba'i rtsa ba
१) कुशल २) कुशलमूल ३) कुशलान

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