kuSalamUla
kuśala-mūla , nt. , usually pl. (= Pali kus°), root(s) of merit ; Pali has three, alobha, adosa, amoha; the same, with adveṣa = Pali adosa, in Mvy 1936—8 ; Dharmas 138 ; two other kinds named separately Mvy 1208—9 , abhisamayāntikaṃ ku°, and kṣayajñānalābhikaṃ ku°; a different list of three in Dharmas 15 , bodhicittotpāda, āśayaviśuddhi, ahaṃkāra-mamakāra-parityāga; Mvy 7417 avaropitakuśalamūla, one who has planted (see avaropayati ) roots of merit ; very many other occurrences, e.g. LV 429.14 ; Mv (see kuśala-puṇya ) i.134.3 ; 142.11 ; Divy 23.18 ; 65.10 ; 95.25 ; Av i.4.2 , et passim ; often referred to in praṇidhāna as basis for making the ‘earnest wish’.