The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Majjhatta (adj. -- n.) [for majjha -- &&ha, which we find in Prk. as majjhattha: Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 214;
majjha+ sth!] 1. (adj.) "standing in the middle," umpire, neutral, impartial, indifferent J i.300; ii.359
(parama˚, +upekkh! -- p!r!m"); vi.8; Miln 403; Vism 230; Mhvs 21, 14. -- 2. indifference, balance of mind,
equanimity; almost synonymous with upekkh!: Vism 134, 296; VbhA 283 (˚payogat!); DhA ii.214
(˚upekkh!); PvA 38 (so read for majjhattha). See also following. Note. A similar term is found in BSk.
as m%du -- madhy! k+!nti "state of spiritual calm" Divy 271; see Yoga S(tra ii.34.
Majjhattat!
Majjhattat! (f.) [abstr. from prec.] impartiality, indifference, balance of mind Nd2 166 (in expln of
upekkh!, with syn. passaddhat!); Vbh 230; Vism 134; VbhA 285 (satta˚ & sankh!ra˚), 317 (def.); DhsA
133.
Majjhantika
Majjhantika [majjha+anta+ika] midday, noon; used either absolutely Vin iv.273; S iv.240; J v.213 (y!va
upaka&&ha -- majjhantik!); v.291 (read majjhantik' âtikamm' !gami); Vism 236; Miln 3; or as apposition
with k!la & samaya S i.7 (k!la); Pv iv.32 (id.); Nd2 977 (samaya); DA i.251 (id.).
Majjh!ru
Majjh!ru [etym. doubtful] a certain kind of plant Vin i.196 (v. l. majj!ru); doubtful whether designation
(like Sk. m!rj!ra) of Plumbago rosea.
-- 515 --
Majjhima
Majjhima (adj.) [Vedic madhyama, with sound change ˚ama>˚ima after Geiger, P.Gr. 191, or after analogy
with pacchima, with which often contrasted] 1. middle, medium, mediocre, secondary, moderate. --
Applied almost exclusively in contrast pairs with terms of more or less, in triplets like "small -- medium --
big," or "first -- middle -- last" (cp. majjha 3b); viz. (a) of degree: h"na -- m -- pa*"ta D iii.215 (tisso
dh!tuyo); Dhs 1205 1027 (dhamm!); Vism 11 (s"la'); h. m. ukka&&ha Vism 308; omaka m. ukka&&ha Vin
iv.243; khuddaka m. mah! Vism 100; l!maka m. pa*"ta (i. e. lokuttara) DhsA 45 (dhamm!); paritta -- m --
u)!ra Sdhp 260. (b) of time: pa&hame y!me majjhima˚ pacchima˚ J i.75; id. with vaye PvA 5. -- 2. (nt.)
majjhima' the waist, in cpd. su -- majjhim! (f.) a woman with beautiful waist J v.4.
Mañca
Mañca [cp. Epic Sk. mañca stand, scaffolding, platform] a couch, bed Vin iv.39, 40 (where 4 kinds are
mentioned, which also apply to the defn of p"&ha, viz. mas!raka, bundik!baddha, ku)"ra -- p!daka, !hacca --
p!daka; same defn at VbhA 365); Sn 401; J iii.423; DhA i.89 (˚' bandhati to tie a bed or two together),
130; iv.16; VbhA 20; VvA 291; PvA 93. -- he&&h! mañce underneath the bed J i.197 (as place where
domestic pigs lie); ii.419 (id.); ii.275 (where a love -- sick youth lies down in the park). -- atimañca bed
upon bed, i. e. beds placed on top of each other serving as grand stands at a fair or festival J iii.456; vi.277;
DhA iv.59. -- par!ya*a ending in bed, kept in bed Pv ii.25 (n"la˚, fig. for being buried); DhA i.183 (with v.
l. maccu˚, just as likely, but see maccupar!ya*a). -- p"&ha couch and chair Vin ii.270 sq.; A iii.51; VvA 9,
220, 295. -- v!na stuffing of a couch DhA i.234.
Mañcaka
Mañcaka [fr. mañca] bed, couch, bedstead Vin i.271; S i.121=iii.123; J i.91; iii.423; Th 2, 115; Miln 10;
DhA ii.53.