Lukha, aka: Lūkha; 3 Definition(s)
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Pali-English dictionary
lūkha : (adj.) rough; coarse; miserable.
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English DictionaryLūkha, (adj.) (Vedic rūkṣa; Prk. lūha & lukkha; BSk. lūha, e.g. Divy 13 (praheṇaka), 81 (°cīvara), 425, 427) 1. rough, coarse, unpleasant; poor, bad (usually appld to dress or food); mediocre, meȧgre, wretched. Opp. paṇīta (e.g. Vin. I, 212; S. II, 153; A. IV, 10; J. I, 228; VvA. 64).—S. IV, 337 sq.; A. IV, 232 sq.; Vin. I, 55; Th. 1, 923; J. I, 228 (cittasmiṃ paṇīte ... dānaṃ lūkhaṃ na hoti); Nd2 342 (p. 182, in exegesis of nikkuha, where practices of ascetics are referred to as “lūkhaṃ cīvaraṃ dhāreti, l. piṇḍapātaṃ bhuñjati, l. senāsanaṃ paṭisevati” etc.); VvA. 298, 335 sq.; PvA. 180.—2. (of men) low, wretched, rough, miserable, offensive Vin. I, 199; III, 110 (kisa l. dubbaṇṇa); S. I, 175 (=jiṇṇa C, see K. S. 320; trsln “looking worn”); M. I, 77=J. I, 390.—lūkhapuggala a miserable, offensive character (opp. siniddhapuggala) Vism. 132; VbhA. 282.
—ājīvin leading a hard or rough life D. I, 161; III, 44, 47; S. II, 200; A. V, 190. —cīvara (adj.) wearing a shabby robe, badly clad Vin. III, 263; Miln. 342 (cp. cīvara lūkha bad condition of clothes A. II, 71=Pug. 53; lūkhacīvara-dhara A. I, 25). —ppamāṇa (& °ika) taking unpleasantness or misery as one’s standard A. II, 71= Pug. 53 (cp. PugA 229); DhA. III, 114; SnA 242; cp. rūpa-ppamāṇa. —ppasanna believing in shabbiness or mediocrity, having (bodily) wretchedness as one’s faith Vin. II, 197; A. II, 71=Pug. 53. —pāpuraṇa miserably clad S. I, 175; DhA. IV, 8, 9. (Page 585)
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
lūkha (लूख).—f A stroke of the sun. v lāga.
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English DictionaryMarathi 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.
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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter V - Godhā-jātaka (Jātaka of the Lizard) < [Volume II]
Chapter XXXIV - The story of Śarabhaṅga < [Volume III]
Chapter XVIII - The ordination of the five-hundred Śākyans < [Volume III]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 6f - Fifteen Kinds of Conduct and Fivefold Higher Knowledge < [Chapter 7 - On Miscellany]
Part 2 - The Vijaya Sutta and its Translation < [Chapter 34a - The Buddha’s Seventeenth Vassa at Veḷuvana]