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दुख (dukha)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
dukha (as in Pali, see Childers), dukhin, and dukhita, m.c. in verses for duḥkha, °khin, °khita, misery
miserable. The mss. and edd. are quite inconsistent, but write dukha very often, at least, where meter requires it
so SP 〔54.10〕
〔162.2〕 (in 〔92.6〕 ed. dukha-, acc. to note with only one ms.)
LV 〔173.11〕 (no v.l.)
〔220.22〕 (dukhī, v.l. duḥ°)
in LV 〔252.10〕 Lefm. properly em. dukhitaṃ against all mss., but in 〔188.12〕 he allows the equally unmetr. suduḥkhito to stand
Senart on Mv 〔i.9.17〕 keeps duḥkhā of mss., noting that meter implies a short penult
so also 〔i.14.16, 15.13〕, and often, usually not em. by Senart
dukha is rather common in vss of Samādh, e.g. 〔19.20〕
also in Gv, dukha 〔301.22〕
〔488.9〕
dukhitām 〔474.23〕
dukha (v.l. duḥ°) Bhad 〔21〕
etc. In my opinion dukh° should always be read where meter indicates short first syllable.