The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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M!yu
M!yu [*Sk. m!yu] bile, gall Abhp 281.
M!ra
M!ra [fr. m%, later Vedic, m!ra killing, destroying, bringing death, pestilence, cp. Lat. mors death, morbus
illness, Lith. m!ras death, pestilence] death; usually personified as Np. Death, the Evil one, the Tempter
(the Buddhist Devil or Principle of Destruction). Sometimes the term m!ra is applied to the whole of the
worldly existence, or the realm of rebirth, as opposed to Nibb!na. Thus the defn of m. at Nd2 506 gives
"kammâbhisankh!ra -- vasena pa&isandhiko khandha-m!ro, dh!tu˚, !yatana˚. -- Other general epithets of M
(quasi twin -- embodiments) are given with Ka*ha, Adhipati, Antaka, Namuci, Pamattabandhu at Nd1
489=Nd2 507; the two last ones also at Nd1 455. The usual standing epithet is p!pim! "the evil one," e. g. S
i.103 sq. (the famous M!ra -- Sa'yutta: see Windisch, M!ra & Buddha); Nd1 439; DhA iv.71 (M!ravatthu)
& freq. -- See e. g. Sn 32, 422, 429 sq., 1095, 1103; Dh 7, 40, 46, 57, 105, 175, 274; Nd1 475; Vism 79,
228, 376; KhA 105; SnA 37, 44 sq., 225, 350 sq., 386 sq.; Sdhp 318, 449, 609. Further refs. & details see
under Proper Names. -- âbhibh( overcoming M. or death Sn 545=571. -- k!yika a class of gods Miln 285;
KvuA 54. -- dh"taro the daughters of M. SnA 544. -- dheyya being under the sway of M.; the realm or
kingdom of M!ra A iv.228; Sn 764; Dh 34 (=kilesa -- va&&a DhA i.289). -- bandhana the fetter of death Dh
37, 276, 350 (=tebh(maka -- va&&asankh!ta' DhA iv.69). -- sen! the army of M. Sn 561, 563; SnA 528.
M!raka
M!raka ( -- ˚) [fr. m!reti] one who kills or destroys, as manussa˚ man -- killer J ii.182; hatthi˚ elephant --
killer DhA i.80. -- m. in phrase sam!raka (where the -- ka belongs to the whole cpd.) see under sam!raka.
M!ra*a
M!ra*a (nt.) [fr. Caus. m!reti] killing, slaughter, death D ii.128; Sdhp 295, 569.
M!ratta
M!ratta (nt.) [*M!ra -- tva'] state of, or existence as a M!ra god, M!raship Vbh 337.
M!r!pita
M!r!pita [pp. of m!r!peti] killed J ii.417; iii.531.
M!r!pitatta
M!r!pitatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. m!r!pita] being incited to kill DhA i.141.
M!r!peti
M!r!peti [Caus. II. of m%]: see marati. -- pp. m!r!pita.
M!rita
M!rita [pp. of m!reti] killed S i.66; Vin iii.72; J ii.417 (aññehi m. -- bh!va' j!n!tha).