The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ma'sika [fr. ma'sa; cp. *Sk. m!'sika] 1. a dealer in meat, meat -- seller Miln 331. -- 2. in pi&&hi˚ the ˚ka
belongs to the whole cpd., thus: one who is a backbiter, a slanderer Sn 244 (=pi&&hi -- ma'sa -- kh!daka
SnA 287). Similarly pi&&hi -- ma'sikat! (q. v.) Nd2 391.
Makaci
Makaci [etym.?] a kind of cloth, material, fibre DhA iii.68 (v!kakha*.a). -- pilotik! rough cloth (used for
straining) J ii.96; DhA ii.155. Cp. makkhi -- v!la. -- v!ka m. bark Vism 249 (+akkav!ka); VbhA 232.
Makara
Makara [cp. Epic Sk. makara] a mythical fish or sea monster, Leviathan (cp. Zimmer, Altind. Leben 97) J
ii.442; iii.188; Miln 131, 377; ThA 204. -- f. makarin" Miln 67. -- dantaka the tooth of a sword fish, used as
a pin Vin ii.113, cp. p. 315. -- as a design in painting or carving Vin ii.117. 121, 152; iv.47. In these latter
passages it occurs combd with lat!kamma & pañcapa&&hika (q. v.). The meaning is not quite clear.
Makaranda
Makaranda [cp. Class. Sk. makaranda] the nectar of a flower J vi.530.
Makasa
Makasa [fr. Vedic ma$aka viâ *masaka>makasa: see Geiger, P.Gr. § 472] mosquito Vin ii.119; S i.52 (a˚
free from m.); A ii.117; Sn 20; J i.246; Sdhp 50. See also cpd. .a'sa˚. -- ku&ik! mosquito net or curtain Vin
ii.119, 130. -- v"jan" mosquito fan Vin ii.130.
Maku&a
Maku&a (f.) [cp. BSk. maku&a Divy 411] a crest Abhp 283 (kir"&a+, i. e. adornment).
Makula
Makula [cp. Sk. makula] 1. a bud (Hardy in Index to VvA gives "Mimusops elengi" after BR) Th 2, 260;
Vv 4526; J i.273; ii.33; iv.333; v.207 (maku)a), 416; Vism 230 ()); 256 (paduma˚); VvA 177 (ka*av"ra˚),
194 (maku)a), 197 (id.); VbhA 228, 239 (where Vism 256 has makulita, & KhA 53 mukulita). -- 2. a knob J
i.31; ii.90; Vism 253 (kandala˚). -- 3. v. l. at Nd2 485 B for pakulla (=paku&a).
Makka&a
Makka&a [cp. Epic Sk. marka&a] 1. a monkey J i.385; ii.267; DhA ii.22; VbhA 408 (˚nidd!, a m.'s sleep,
said to be quickly changing); KhA 73 (in simile); SnA 522 (cp. Sn 791). Names of monkeys famous in
J!taka tales: S!laka J ii.268; K!lab!hu J iii.98 sq.; on the monkey as a figure in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907,
119, to which add VbhA 228 & 259 (t!lavana˚), cp. Vism 245. -- 2. a spider: see ˚sutta. -- ch!paka the
young of a monkey M i.385; J i.218. -- sutta spider's thread J v.47; Vism 136 (in simile); DhA i.304.
Makka&aka
Makka&aka [cp. Sk. marka&aka; der. fr. marka&a=mak- ka&a] a spider (see on similes J.P.T.S. 1907, 119) Dh
347 (cp. DhA iv.58); J ii.147 (=u**an!bhi); iv.484 (aptly called U**an!bhi); v.47, 469; Miln 364, 407
(pantha˚ road spider, at both passages). -- ˚sutta spider's thread Vism 285.
Makka&iya