The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Makkheti [Caus. of m%k+; Dhtp 538: makkha*a] to smear, paste, soil, anoint J iii.225, 314; Pug 36; Miln
268; Vism 344; DhA ii.65. -- Pass makkh"yati Miln 74. Caus. II. makkh!peti to cause to be anointed J
i.486; DhA i.400. -- pp. makkhita.
Maga
Maga [another form of miga=Sk. m%ga, cp. Geiger, P.Gr. 124] 1. animal for hunting, deer, antelope M i.173
(in simile); S i.199 (id.); A i.70; ii.23; Th 1, 958, 989; Sn 275, 763, 880; J v.267. -- 2. a stupid person J
vi.206, 371.
Magga
Magga [cp. Epic Sk. m!rga, fr. m%g to track, trace] 1. a road (usually high road), way, foot -- path Vism 708
(magga' agata -- pubba -- purisa, simile of); VbhA 256 (tiyojana˚, simile of a man travelling); DhA i.229. -
- addh!na˚ high road Vin iv.62; M iii.158; see under addh!na; ant!ra -- magge on the road Miln 16; ujuka˚
a straight way S i.33; DhA i.18; ummagga (a) a conduit; (b) a devious way: see ummagga, to which add
refs. J v.260; Th 2, 94; kummagga a wrong path: see kum˚, to which add S iv.195; Th 1, 1174. pass!va˚ &
vacca˚ defecation & urination Vin iii.127; visama˚ a bad road S i.48. -- 2. the road of moral & good living,
the path of righteousness, with ref. to the moral standard (cp. the 10 commandments) & the way to
salvation. The exegetic (edifying) etym. of magga in this meaning is "nibb!n' atthikehi magg"yati (traced by
those who are looking for N.), nibb!na' v! maggeti, kilese v! m!rento gacchat" ti maggo" (VbhA 114).
Usually designated (a) the "ariya a&&hangika magga" or the "Noble Eightfold Path" (see a&&hangika). It is
mentioned at many places, & forms the corner -- stone of the Buddha's teaching as to the means of escaping
"dukkha" or the ills of life. It consists of 8 constituents, viz. samm! -- di&&hi, samm! -- sankappa, ˚v!c!,
˚kammanta, ˚!j"va, ˚v!y!ma, ˚sati, ˚sam!dhi, or right views, right aspirations, right speech, right conduct,
right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right rapture. The 7 first constituents are at D ii.216 & M
iii.71 enumd as requisites for samm! -- sam!dhi. The name of this table of ethical injunctions is given as
"maggam uttama'" at Sn 1130, i. e. the Highest Path. See for ref. e. g. Vin iii.93; iv.26; D ii.353; iii.102,
128, 284, 286; It 18; Nd1 292; Nd2 485; Vbh 104 sq. 235 sq., VbhA 114 sq. (its constituents in detail), 121,
216; Vism 509 sq. (where the 8 constituents are discussed). -- (b) as ariya magga: M iii.72; Pug 17; DA
i.176 sq., 225 sq., 233; VbhA 373 sq.; ThA 205. (c) as pañcangika or the Path of 5 constituents (the
above first 2 and last 3): Dhs 89; Vbh 110 sq., 237 sq. -- (d) other expressions of same import: dhamma˚
Miln 21; magga alone; S i.191 (Bhagav! maggassa upp!det! etc.)=M iii.9=S iii.66; Sn 429, 441, 724 sq.,
1130; Dh 57, 273 sq., It 106; VbhA 53, 73. As the first condition & initial stage to the attainment of
Arahantship (Nibb!na) it is often found in sequence of either magga -- phala -- nirodha (e. g. Vism 217, cp.
Nd2 under dukkha II. p. 168), or magga, phala, nibb!na (e. g. Tikp. 155 sq., 158; VbhA 43, 316, 488). --
magga as entrance to Arahantship is the final stage in the recognition (ñ!*a, pariññ!, paññ!) of the truth of
the causal chain, which realises the origin of "ill," the possibility of its removal & the "way" to the removal.
These stages are described as dukkhe ñ!*a', samudaye ñ!*a' nirodhe ñ!*a' and magge ñ!*a' at D iii.227,
Ps i.118. At the latter passage the foll. chapter (i.49) gives dukkha -- nirodha g!min" pa&ipad! as identical
with magga. -- Note. On the term see Cpd. 41 sq., 66 sq., 175, 186; Dhs trsl.2 58, 299 sq., 362 sq.; Expos.
216, 354n. On passages with a&&hangika magga & others where magga is used in similes see Mrs. Rh. D. in
J.P.T.S. 1907, pp. 119, 120. -- 3. Stage of righteousness, with ref. to the var. conditions of Arahantship
divided into 4 stages, viz. sot!patti -- magga, sakad!g!mi˚, an!g!mi˚, arahatta˚, or the stage of entering the
stream (of salvation), that of returning once, that of the never -- returner, that of Arahantship. -- At DhA
i.110 magga -- phala "the fruit of the Path" (i. e. the attainment of the foundation or first step of
Arahantship) is identical with sot!pattiphala on p. 113 (a) in general: arahatta˚ S i.78; A iii.391; DA i.224. -
- (b) in particular as the 4 paths: Nd2 612 A; Vbh 322 sq., 328, 335; Vism 453, 672 678; DhA iv.30;
VbhA 301. -- 4. In the Tikapa&&h!na (under magga -- paccaya -- niddesa p. 52) 12 constituents of magga are
enumd; viz. paññ!, vitakka, samm!v!c!, s -- kammanta, s -- !j"va, viriya, sati, sam!dhi, micch! -- di&&hi,
micch! -- v!c!, m -- kammanta, m -- !j"va. -- ang!ni the constituents of the Ariyan Path VbhA 120. --
âmagga which is the (right) road and which is not M i.147; Vism ch. xx (˚ssa kovida)=Sn 627; S iii.108
(id.); DhA iv.169 (id.); A v.47 (˚ssa ñ!*adassana); Dh 403. -- udaka water found on the road Vism 338
(simile). -- kilanta wearied by the road J i.129. -- kusala one who is clever as regards the road, one who
knows the road well S iii.108; Nd1 171; VbhA 332 (in simile); KhA 70, 126. -- kovida=˚kusala Nd1 446. --