dukha (7362)

dukha
Entry 7362, Page 266, Col. 1

(duKa, duKa)
dukha¦ (as in Pali, see Childers), dukhin, and dukhita, m.c. in verses for duḥkha, °khin, °khita, misery; miserable. The mss. and edd. are quite inconsistent, but write dukha very often, at least, where meter requires it; so SP 54.10; 162.2 (in 92.6 ed. dukha-, acc. to note with only one ms.); LV 173.11 (no v.l.); 220.22 (dukhī, v.l. duḥ°); in LV 252.10 Lefm. properly em. dukhitaṃ against all mss., but in 188.12 he allows the equally unmetr. suduḥkhito to stand; Senart on Mv i.9.17 keeps duḥkhā of mss., noting that meter implies a short penult; so also i.14.16, 15.13, and often, usually not em. by Senart; dukha is rather common in vss of Samādh, e.g. 19.20; also in Gv, dukha 301.22; 488.9; dukhitām 474.23; dukha (v.l. duḥ°) Bhad 21; etc. In my opinion dukh° should always be read where meter indicates short first syllable.