The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Matthaka
Matthaka [cp. mattha] the head, fig. top, summit J iii.206 =iv.4; iv.173, 457; v.478; DA i.226 (pabbata˚); Pv
iv.163; DhA i.184. matthaka -- matthakena (from end to end) J i,202; iii.304. Loc. matthake as adv. (1) at
the head DhA i.109; (2) at the distance of ( -- ˚) DhA i.367; (3) on top of ( -- ˚) J v.163 (vamm"ka˚); Mhvs
23, 80 (s"sa˚); Yugandhara˚ Miln 6; DhA ii.3 (uddhana˚). -- !sin sitting on top (of the mountain) J vi.497
(=pabbata -- matthake nisinna C.; gloss matta -- k!sin i. e. wildly in love, expld by k!ma -- mada -- matta).
The reading is not clear. -- tela oil for the head KhA 64 (=muddhani tela Vism 262).
Mathati
Mathati [Vedic math, manth to twirl, shake about, stir etc.; cp. Lat. mamphur part of the lathe=Ger. mandel
("mangle"), E. mandrel; Lith. mentùris churning stick, Gr. mo/qos tumult mo/qoura shaft of rudder.
The Dhtp (126) gives both roots (math & manth) and expls by "vi)olana," as does Dhtm (183) by
"vi)o&ana"] to churn, to shake, disturb, upset. Only in Caus. matheti to agitate, crush, harass, upset (citta') S
iv.210; Sn 50 (=t!seti h!peti Nd2 492); Pv iv.71 (kamm!na' vip!ko mathaye mana'; C 264:
abhibhaveyya); Miln 385 (v!yu p!dape mathayati; . . . kiles! mathayitabb!). -- pp. mathita. See also
abhimatthati (sic) & nimmatheti.
Mathana
Mathana (adj. nt.) [fr. math] shaking up, crushing, harassing, confusing Miln 21 (+maddana); DhA i.312;
PvA 265.
Mathita
Mathita. [pp. of matheti] 1. (churned) buttermilk Vin ii.301 (amathita -- kappa). -- 2. upset, mentally
unbalanced state, disturbance of mind through passion, conceit, etc. M i.486 (maññita+). Neumann trsls
"Vermutung" i. e. speculation, guessing (v. l. matth˚).
Mada
Mada [Vedic mada, mad (see majjati), Idg. *mad, as in Av. mata intoxication, drink, mad, to get
intoxicated orig. meaning "drip, be full of liquid or fat"; cp. Gr. mada/w dissolve, masto/s breast
(mazo/s>Amazone), Lat. madeo to be wet, Ohg. mast fattening, Sk. meda grease, fat, Gr. me/zea; mesto/s
full; Goth. mats eatables, Ags. m0s, Ohg. muos=gemüse, etc. Perhaps connected with *med in Lat. medeor
to heal. For further relations see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. madeo. -- The Dhtp (412) & Dhtm (642) explain
mad by "umm!de" Dhtm 210 also by "muda, mada= santose"] 1. intoxication, sensual excess, in formula
dav!ya mad!ya ma*.an!ya (for purposes of sport, excess, personal charm etc.) M i.355=A ii.40= Nd1
496= Nd2 540=Pug 21=Dhs 1346, 1348. The commentator's explns bearing directly or indirectly on this
passage distinguish several kinds of mada, viz. m!na -- mada & purisa -- mada (at DhsA 403; Vism 293),
or mu&&hika -- mall' !dayo viya madattha' bala -- mada -- nimitta' porisa -- mada -- nimittañ c! ti vutta' (at
Vism 31). Sn 218 (mada -- pam!da on which passage SnA 273 comments on mada with j!ti -- mad' !di --
bhed! mad!). -- 2. (as mental state or habit) pride, conceit Miln 289 (m!na, m., pam!da); Vbh 345 (where
27 such states are given, beginning with j!ti˚, gotta˚, !rogya˚, yobbana˚, j"vita -- mada), 350 (where mada is
paraphrased by majjan! majjitatta' m!no . . . u**ati . . . dhajo sampagg!ho ketukamyat! cittassa: same
formula, as concluding exegesis of m!na at Nd2 505 & Dhs 1116); sometimes more def. characterised with
phrase mada -- matta elated with the pride or intoxication of . . . ( -- ˚). e. g. A i.147 (yobbana˚, !rogya˚,
j"vita˚); PvA 86 (m!na˚), 280 (bhoga˚). -- The traditional exegesis distinguishes only 3 mada's, viz. !rogyamada
the pride of health, yobbana˚ of youth, j"vita˚ of life: D iii.220; A i.146. -- nimmadana
"disintoxication from intoxication," freedom from pride or conceit A ii.34; Bu i.81; Vism 293.
Madana