Pāli Dictionary

akusala

aprefixkusalastem

Part of speech

adjective

Literal

not wholesome

Synonyms

asappāya, abyatta

Antonyms

kusala, adhikusala

ethics

  • 不善（ふぜん）の；不善巧な；有害な

  • unwholesome; unskilful; harmful; karmically unprofitable

  • DN 22

    anuppannānaṃ pāpakānaṃ akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ anuppādāya chandaṃ janeti

  • SN 12.22

    dukkhaṃ, bhikkhave, kusīto viharati vokiṇṇo pāpakehi akusalehi dhammehi, mahantañ'ca sadatthaṃ parihāpeti.

  • 不善；不善業；悪行

  • (as noun) the unwholesome; unwholesome action; demerit

  • MN 9

    pāṇātipāto kho, āvuso, akusalaṃ

  • AN 2.19

    akusalaṃ, bhikkhave, pajahatha. sakkā, bhikkhave, akusalaṃ pajahituṃ. no c'etaṃ, bhikkhave, sakkā abhavissa akusalaṃ pajahituṃ, n'āhaṃ evaṃ vadeyyaṃ, akusalaṃ, bhikkhave, pajahathā'ti.

general

  • 熟練していない；不得手な；下手な

  • unskilled; incompetent; inexpert (in)

  • AN 9.35

    gāvī pabbateyyā bālā abyattā akhettaññū akusalā visame pabbate carituṃ

  • Snp 4.12

    evam'pi viggayha vivādayanti, bālo paro akusalo'ti c'āhu, sacco nu vādo katamo imesaṃ, sabb'eva h'īme kusalā vadānā.

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