(1) Good, virtuous, goodness, right, virtue. (2) Apt, familiar with, well-versed, skilled in. (3) To perfect, to make good. (Buddhism) (1) Allowable, justifiable, correct, right, satisfactory (Skt. kusala, ku/sala, kalya^na; Tib. dge ba). (2) Good action, good deeds; morally good action and its rewards (善业/subham karma, /subha). (3) As an adverb, well, skillfully, thoroughly. (4) In the doctrine of the Yoga^ca^ra school, 'goodness' constitutes one of the five groups of elements falling under the category of 'mental function' elements, containing eleven 'good' elements in its group. These are: faith, effort, conscience, shame, not coveting, non-anger, no delusion, pliancy, no laxity, equanimity, and non-injury.