The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

hedo, ka)ebarassa nikkhepo M i.49; Nd1 123, 124 (adds "j"vit' indriyass' upacchedo"). Cp. similar defns of
birth and old age under j!ti and jar!. -- S i.121; D iii.52, 111 sq., 135 sq., 146 sq., 235, 258 sq.; Sn 32, 318,
426 sq., 575 sq., 742, 806; Nd2 254 (=maccu); Pug 60; Vbh 99 sq.; VbhA 100 (defn and exegesis in det.,
cp. Vism 502), 101 (var. kinds of, cp. Vism 229), 156 (lahuka), 157; DhA iii.434; PvA 5, 18, 54, 64, 76,
96; Sdhp 292, 293. -- k!la˚ timely death (opp. ak!la˚); kha*ika˚ sudden death Vism 229. -- anta having
death as its end (of j"vita) Dh 148 (cp. DhA ii.366: mara*a -- sankh!to antako). -- ânussati mindfulness of
death Vism 197, 230 sq. (under 8 aspects). -- cetan! intention of death DhA i.20. -- dhamma subject to
death PvA 41. -- pariyosana ending in death (of j"vita, life) DhA iii.111, 170. -- p!ra "the other side of
death," Np. at Nd1 154 (vv. ll. BB pur!pura'; SS parammukha'). -- bhaya the fear of death J i.203; vi.398;
Vbh 367. -- bhojana food given before death, the last meal J i.197; ii.420. -- mañca death -- bed Vism 47,
549; ˚ka J iv.132. -- mukha the mouth of d. PvA 97 (or should we read ˚dukkha?). -- sati the thought (or
mindfulness) of death, meditation on death SnA 54; DhA iii.171; PvA 61, 66. -- samaya the time of death
VbhA 157 -- 159 (in var. conditions as regards pa&isandhi).
Marati
Marati [m%=Idg. *mer, Vedic mriyate & marate; cp. Av. miryeite, Sk. marta=Gr. broto/s mortal, man; m!ra
death; Goth. maurpr=Ags. mort=Ger. mord; Lith. mir!ti to die; Lat. morior to die, mors death. The root is
identical with that of m%*!ti to crush: see ma*!ti, and m%dn!ti (mardati) same: see mattik!. -- The Dhtp
(No. 245) defines m% by "p!*a -- c!ge," i. e. giving up breathing] to die. -- pres. marati Mhvs v. spur. after
5, 27; 36, 83; Pot. mareyya' J vi.498; 2nd mareyy!si J iii.276. ppr. maram!na Mhvs 36, 76. -- aor. amar! J
iii.389 (=mata C.; with gloss amari). -- amari Mhvs 36, 96. -- Fut. marissati J iii.214. -- ppr. (=fut.)
marissa' J iii.214 (for *mari+yanta). -- Inf. maritu' D ii.330 (amaritu -- k!ma not willing to die); Vism 297
(id.); VvA 207 (positive); and marituye Th 2, 426. The form miyyati (m"yati) see separately. -- Caus I.
m!reti to kill, murder Mhvs 37, 27; PvA 4. Pass. m!riyati PvA 5 (ppr. m!riyam!na); Sdhp 139 (read m!r˚
for mar"y˚). -- Caus. II. m!r!peti to cause to be killed J iii.178; Mhvs 37, 28. Cp. pam!reti.
Marica
Marica (nt.) [cp. scientific Sk. marica] black pepper Vin i.201 (allowed as medicine to the bhikkhus); Miln
63. -- gaccha the M. -- shrub J v.12. -- cu**a powdered pepper, fine pepper J i.455.
Mariy!d!
Mariy!d! (f.) [cp. Vedic mary!d!; perhaps related to Lat. mare sea; s. Walde, Lat. Wtb. under mare] 1.
boundary, limit, shore, embankment Vin iii.50; A iii.227 (br!hma*!na'); D iii.92=Vism 419; J v.325;
vi.536 (t"ra˚); Mhvs 34, 70; 36, 59 (v!pi˚); Miln 416. -- 2. strictly defined relation, rule, control J ii.215;
Vism 15. -- adj. keeping to the lines (or boundaries), observing strict rules A iii.227 (quoted SnA 318, 325).
˚bandha keeping in control Vin i.287. -- Cp. vimariy!di.
Mar"ci
Mar"ci (f.) [Vedic mar"ci; cp. Gr. marmai/rw to shimmer, glitter, mai_ra dog star, a)maru/ssw sparkle; Lat.
merus clear, pure; perhaps also mariy!d! to be taken here] 1. a ray of light VvA 166. -- 2. a mirage J
vi.209; Vism 496; VbhA 34, 85; often combd with m!y! (q. v.), e. g. Nd2 680 Aii; J ii.330. -- kamma&&h!na
the "mirage" station of exercise DhA iii.165. -- dhamma like a mirage, unsubstantial J vi.206; Dh 46; DhA
i.337.
Mar"cik!
Mar"cik! (f.)=mar"ci 2; S iii.141; Vism 479 (in comp.); Dh 170 (=m!y! DhA iii.166).
Maru