As a deity name
Name 765 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
कुशल · kuśal · adj.
(f. -ā), Right, proper, suitable, good; well, healthy, in good condition; happy, prosperous; auspicious — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 837
कुशल · masculine
a male given name, Kushal, from Sanskrit
कुशल · feminine,masculine
health; well-being; fortune, luck
Śabdasāgara also records: चतुर । दक्ष । प्रवीण · श्रेष्ठ । अच्छा । भला
Cited formation "कुशल" is कु- + शल: शल means "A porcupine's quill", and the prefix कु- forms bad, evil. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(20) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कुशल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुशल (kúśala).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kuśala mf(ā)n. (gaṇas sidhmādi, śreṇy-ādi, and śramaṇādi) right, proper, suitable, good (e.g. kuśalaṃ √ man, to consider good, approve, AitBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.)
well, healthy, in good condition, prosperous, R. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
welfare, well-being, prosperous condition, happiness, &c. [kuśalam-√ pracch, to ask after another's welfare, to say ‘how do you do?’, &c.; kuśalaṃ te (optionally with dat. ), ‘hail…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kuśala" is the vocative of "kuśalā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "kuśala" is derived from "kuśa" with the lac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kuśa as, m. grass, ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.; KātyŚr.; ĀśvGṛ.
(the Brāhmaṇas commonly call it darbha)
kuśala mf(ā)n. (gaṇas sidhmādi, śreṇy-ādi, and śramaṇādi) right, proper, suitable, good (e.g. kuśalaṃ √ man, to consider good, approve, AitBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.)
well, healthy, in good condition, prosperous, R. &c.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kuśala mf(ā)n. (gaṇas sidhmādi, śreṇy-ādi, and śramaṇādi) right, proper, suitable, good (e.g. kuśalaṃ √ man, to consider good, approve, AitBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.)
well, healthy, in good condition, prosperous, R. &c.
fit for, competent, able, skilful, clever, conversant with (loc. [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 40; ChUp.; Mn. &c.] gen. [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 40; Yājñ. ii, 181] inf. [MBh.], or in comp. [gaṇa śauṇḍādi; Gaut.; Mn. &c.])
kuśala m. pl. N. of a people, MBh. vi, 359
kuśala m. N. of the Brāhmans in Kuśadvīpa, BhP. v, 20, 16
kuśalā f. N. of a woman g. bāhv-ādi
kuśa as, m. grass, ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.; KātyŚr.; ĀśvGṛ.
(the Brāhmaṇas commonly call it darbha)
Alternative readings
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