Kusalatā[fem. abstr. fr. kusala] (only -- ˚) skill, cleverness, accomplishment; good quality. -- lakkhaṇa˚ skill in interpreting special signs VvA 138; aparicita˚ neglect in acquiring good qualities PvA 67. For foll. cp. Mrs. Rh. D. Dhs. trsl. pp. 345 -- 348; āpatti˚ skill as to what is an offence; samāpatti˚ in the Attainments; dhātu˚ in the Elements; manasikāra˚ proficiency in attention; āyatana˚ skill in the spheres; paṭiccasamuppāda˚ skill in conditioned Genesis; ṭhāna˚ and aṭṭhāna˚ skill in affirming (negating) causal conjuncture: all at D iii.212 and Dhs 1329 -- 1338; cp. A i.84, 94.