lUKa · adjective · lūkha 1
coarse
lūkha , adj. (= Pali id. , Skt. rūkṣa; see also lūha, rukṣa, ruccha, a-lūkha, a-lūha , and next), coarse, poor (of food); inferior, bad (of inclinations); once perhaps subst. , evil : of food, Mv ii.233.7, 8 (note lūha in 5); 234.9 ; 460.15 ; iii.120.22 ; 178.7 ; lūkhādhimuktikā Mv ii.313.9 ; seemingly subst. , evil , Mv iii.364.14 śuddhalūkhā (ṛṣayo) purified of evil (does it really refer to their diet? improbable; but they are mūlaphalāhārā in preceding line; possibly, then, of pure and coarse [simple] food? ).
rough; coarse; miserable
Lūkha (adjective) [Vedic rūkṣa; Prākrit lūha and lukkha; BHS lūha, e.g. Divy 13 (praheṇaka), 81 (°cīvara), 425, 427] 1. rough, coarse, unpleasant; poor, bad (usually applied to dress or food); mediocre, meagre, wretched. Opposite paṇīta (e.g. Vin I 212; S II 153; A IV 10; Ja I 228; Vv-a 64). — S IV 337 f.; A IV 232 f.; Vin I 55; Thag 923; Ja I 228 (cittasmiṃ paṇīte ... dānaṃ lūkhaṃ na hoti); Nidd II §342 (page 182, in exegesis of nikkuha, where practices of ascetics are referred to as "lūkhaṃ cīvaraṃ dhāreti, l. piṇḍapātaṃ bhuñjati, l. senāsanaṃ paṭisevati" etc.); Vv-a 298, 335 f.; Pv-a 180. 2. (of men) low, wretched, rough, miserable, offensive Vin I 199; III 110 (kisa l. dubbaṇṇa); S I 175 (= jiṇṇa commentary, see K.S. 320; translation "looking worn"); M I 77 = Ja I 390. °lūkhapuggala a miserable, offensive character (opposite siniddhapuggala) Vism 132; Vibh-a 282. -ājīvin leading a hard or rough life D I 161; III 44, 47; S II 200; A V 190; -cīvara (adjective) wearing a shabby robe, badly clad Vin III 263; Miln 342 (cf. cīvara lūkha bad condition of clothes A II 71 = Pp 53; lūkha-cīvara-dhara A I 25); -ppamāṇa (and °ika) taking unpleasantness or misery as one's standard A II 71 = Pp 53 (cf. Pp-a 229); Dhp-a III 114; Pj II 242; cf. rūpa-ppamāṇa; -ppasanna believing in shabbiness or mediocrity, having (bodily) wretchedness as one's faith Vin II 197; A II 71 = Pp 53; -pāpuraṇa miserably clad S I 175; Dhp-a IV 8, 9.
【形】 粗糙的,粗鄙的,悲慘的。~cīvara,【形】 穿粗糙的袈裟的。~tā,【陰】 粗糙。~ppasanna,【形】 對卑鄙的人的奉獻。~ājīvī,【無】 過著悲慘的生活。
(adj, adj) rough; coarse; poor quality rough, coarse
(adj, adj) (of ascetic practice) rough; unpleasant; miserable rough, miserable