The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

odara big belly J vi.358 (addressing a king's minister). -- odika full of water, having much water; deep, full
(of a river) Sn 319; J ii.159; Miln 346. -- oraga [m+uraga] a great snake J v.165.
Mahantat!
Mahantat! (f.) [fr. mahant˚] greatness DhA ii.62. At M iii.24 the spelling is mahattat! (tt misread for nt?),
at M i.184 however mahantatta (nt.).
Mahallaka
Mahallaka (adj. n.) [a distorted mah -- ariyaka> ayyaka> allaka; cp. ayyaka] old, venerable, of great age; an
old man D i.90 (opp. taru*a), 94, 114, 247; Sn 313, 603; Nd2 261 (vu..ha m. andhagata etc.) J iv.482 (opp.
dahara young); Vv 461 (=mahanto VvA 199); DhA i.7, 278; ii.4, 55, 91; SnA 313. Compar. mahallakatara
DhA ii.18. -- f. mahallik! an old woman Miln 16; Mhvs 21, 27; VvA 105; PvA 149 (=addhagata). -- [The
BSk. form is mahalla, e. g. Divy 329, 520.]
Mahik!
Mahik! (f.) [cp. *Sk. mahik!] fog, frost, cold (=hima' DhsA 317) Vin ii.295= Miln 273; Sn 669; Miln 299;
VvA 134 (fog). -- As mahiy! at A ii.53.
Mahita
Mahita [pp. of mahati or mah"yati] honoured, revered M ii.110; Miln 278; Sdhp 276.
Mahan"ya
Mahan"ya (adj.) [grd. of mahati] praiseworthy VvA 97.
Mahil!
Mahil! (f.) [*Sk. mahil!] woman, female Vin ii.281 (˚titthe at the women's bathing place); J i.188; Dpvs
ix.4; ThA 271.
Mahisa, Mah"sa, Mahi'sa
Mahisa, Mah"sa, Mahi'sa [cp. Vedic mahi+a, an enlarged form of mah!; the P. etym. evidently to be
connected with mah!+"$, because of mah"sa>mahi'sa] a buffalo. -- mahisa: D i.6 (˚yuddha b. -- fight), 9; J
iii.26 (vana˚ wild b.); Mhvs 25, 36 (T. m!hisa'). -- mah"sa J vi.110. -- mahi'sa Vism 191, & in Np.
mahi'saka -- ma*.ala the Andhra country J i.356, cp. Mahi'saka -- ra&&ha VbhA 4; as Mahisa -- ma*.ala at
Mhvs 12, 29. -- Note. The P. pop. etym. is propounded by Bdhgh as "mahiya' set" ti mahiso" (he lies on the
ground, that is why he is a buffalo) DhsA 62.
Mah"
Mah" (f.) [f. of mah, base of mahant, Vedic mah"] the earth (lit. Great One) Mhvs 5, 266; Sdhp 424, 472;
loc. mahiy! Miln 128; mahiya' DhsA 62. -- Note. As mah" is only found in very late P. literature, it must
have been re -- introduced from Sk. sources, and is note a direct correspondent of Vedic mah". -- tala the
ground (of the earth) Mhvs 5, 54. -- dhara mountain Miln 343; Mhvs 14, 3; 28, 22 (v. l. mahin˚). -- pa king
(of the earth) Mhvs 14, 22. -- pati king Mhvs 5, 48; 33, 32. -- p!la king Mhvs 4, 38; 5, 265. -- ruha tree
("growing out of the earth") Mhvs 14, 18, 18, 19.