Kusali, Kusalī, Kushali: 9 definitions
Introduction:
Kusali means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Kusali (कुसलि) is the name of various ancient teachers belonging to the “lineage of vast conduct”, according to “the succession of Gurus in the Mahāmudrā lineages” in the Kagyü School of Tibetan Buddhism (the Mahāmudrā deals with the nature of the mind).—The graduated path of the three levels of beings, which is an adornment [for the Mahāmudrā], is of three lineages: 1. The lineage of vast conduct; 2. The lineage of the profound view; 3. The lineage of the blessing of practice.—[The lineage of vast conduct]—(1) The Lord of Sages [the Buddha], ... (11) Kusali Senior, (12) Kusali Junior... and (14) Atiśa Dīpaṃkara.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Kusali in India is the name of a plant defined with Bauhinia racemosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Piliostigma racemosum (Lam.) Benth. (among others).
2) Kusali is also identified with Heteropogon contortus It has the synonym Sorghum contortum (L.) Kuntze (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bulletin of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University (1995)
· Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. (1968)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1900)
· Flora Indica; or descriptions … (1820)
· Symbolae Botanicae (1794)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1985)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kusali, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, extract dosage, side effects, chemical composition, health benefits, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
kusalī : (adj.) possessor of merit.
kusalī (ကုသလီ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[kusala+ī]
[ကုသလ+ဤ]
[Pali to Burmese]
kusalī—
(Burmese text): (၁) ဘေးကင်းမှုကို ရလိုခြင်းရှိသော၊ အကျိုးကိုလိုလား စိတ်ကောင်းထားနိုင်သော၊ သူ။ (၂) ကုသိုလ်ရှိသော၊ ကုသိုလ်နှင့် ပြည့်စုံသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Someone who desires safety, and is inclined towards goodness. (2) Someone who is virtuous, and complete with virtue.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
kusaḷī (कुसळी).—a Epithet of a kind of rice.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
1) Kuśalī (कुशली):—[from kuśala] f. the plant Oxalis Corniculata (= aśmantaka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] the plant kṣudrāmlikā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Kuśalī (कुशली):—Adv. —
1) mit kar in Ordnung bringen [Āśvalāyana’s Gṛhyasūtra 1,17,17.19,16.] —
2) mit dem Caus. von kar Jmd in Ordnung bringen oder — lassen , so v.a. kahl scheeren oder — lassen [Gobhila's Gṛyasūtra 2,9,25.10,7.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kuśali (ಕುಶಲಿ):—[noun] = ಕುಶಲೆ [kushale].
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Kuśali (ಕುಶಲಿ):—[adjective] having skill; done with skill; skilful; talented; expert; proficient.
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Kuśali (ಕುಶಲಿ):—
1) [noun] a skilled, proficient man; an expert.
2) [noun] a man in good health or is prosperous.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): I, Kushala.
Starts with (+0): Kusalina, Kusalindriyapaccaya, Kusalissasa, Kusalissasakhittausupativedha, Kushalike, Kushalikri, Kushalimukha, Kushalin, Kushalisu.
Full-text (+0): Kushalikri, Kushala, Kushalin, Kaushalya, Tadavadhi, Mantrakrit, Kaushala, Bhagavat, Abbhagata, Lata, Api, Vritti.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.5.26 < [Chapter 5 - The Liberation of Bakāsura]
Verse 1.14.47 < [Chapter 14 - The Liberation of Śakaṭāsura and Tṛṇāvarta]
Verse 1.14.17 < [Chapter 14 - The Liberation of Śakaṭāsura and Tṛṇāvarta]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
Part 10 - Application of the Junctures (sandhi) in a Prahasana < [Chapter 3 - Prahasana (critical study)]
Inscriptions of Orissa (Rajaguru) (by Shri Satyanarayana Rajguru)
Part 62 - Gautami plates of Indravarma < [Section 2 - The Gangas of Svetaka]
Part 58 - Svalpa-velur grant of Anantavarma < [Section 2 - The Gangas of Svetaka]
Part 28-29 - Soro Plate of Somadatta (part 1-2) < [Section 3 - North-Orissa—The Vigrahas, Maudgalas and other Families]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 520 < [Tamil-English-Bengali (1 volume)]
Page 673 < [Marathi-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Page 857 < [Marathi-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Physicochemical analysis of changeri [oxalis corniculata. linn] whole plant < [2023: Volume 12, September issue 15]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)