Pāli Dictionary

sukha

sukhrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

sukh1please; be comfortable

Synonyms

sādhu, phāsu, somanassa, iṭṭha, sāta, vitta, phāsuka, sundara,

Antonyms

dukkha, asukha

doctrine

  • happiness; ease; pleasure; well-being (the opposite of dukkha; a factor of the first three jhānas)

  • MN 40

    passaddhakāyo sukhaṃ vedeti, sukhino cittaṃ samādhiyati

  • Dhp 131

    sukhakāmāni bhūtāni, yo daṇḍena vihiṃsati, attano sukham'esāno, pecca so na labhate sukhaṃ.

mind

  • pleasant feeling (bodily or mental); pleasure; comfort

  • DN 22

    sukhaṃ vā vedanaṃ vedayamāno sukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmīti pajānāti

  • AN 4.49

    anicce, bhikkhave, niccan'ti saññāvipallāso cittavipallāso diṭṭhivipallāso. dukkhe, bhikkhave, sukhan'ti saññāvipallāso cittavipallāso diṭṭhivipallāso.

general

  • (as adjective) pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; easy

  • AN 4.49

    dukkhe, bhikkhave, sukhanti saññāvipallāso

  • DN 22

    idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sukhaṃ vā vedanaṃ vedayamāno sukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī'ti pajānāti. dukkhaṃ vā vedanaṃ vedayamāno dukkhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī'ti pajānāti.

  • Thig 14.1

    madhurañ'ca pavanti sabbaso, kusumarajena samuṭṭhitā dumā, paṭhamavasanto sukho utu, ehi ramāma supupphite vane.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Sukha
Person

  • A young novice monk under Sāriputta who, meditating on the body’s nature in his cell, attained the stage of a Non-returner with the help of a perfect silence arranged by Sakka.

Sukha2
Person

  • A general serving Mānābharaṇa (2).

Sukha3
Other

  • A Jīvitapotthakī official, one of the generals of Parakkamabāhu I.

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