The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

M!luv! (f.) [cp. BSk. m!lu] a (long) creeper M i.306; S i.207; A i.202 sq.; Sn 272; Dh 162, 334; J iii.389;
v.205, 215, 389; v.205, 215, 389; vi.528 (phandana˚); DhA iii.152; iv.43. -- On maluv! in similes see
J.P.T.S. 1907, 123.
M!l(ra
M!l(ra [late Sk.] the tree Aegle marmelos Abhp 556.
M!lya
M!lya see malya.
M!)a
M!)a (& M!la) [Non -- Aryan, cp. Tamil m!.am house, hall] a sort of pavilion, a hall D i.2 (ma*.ala˚,
same at Sn p. 104, which passage SnA 447 explns as "savit!na' ma*.apa'"); Vin i.140 (a&&a, m!la, p!s!da;
expld at Vin iii.201. In the same sequence of Vbh 251 expld at VbhA 366 as "bhojana -- s!l! -- sadiso
ma*.ala -- m!)o; Vinay' a&&ha -- kath!ya' pana eka -- k(&asangahito caturassa -- p!s!do ti vutta'"); Miln
46, 47. -- Cp. m!laka. -- [The BSk. form is either m!la, e. g. MVastu ii.274, or m!.a, e. g. Mvyut 226, 43.]
M!)aka
M!)aka [a Non -- Aryan word, although the Dhtm 395 gives roots mal & mall in meaning "dh!ra*a" (see
under mala). Cp. malorika] a stand, viz. for alms -- bowl (patta˚) Vin ii.114, or for drinking vessel (p!n"ya˚)
J vi.85.
M!sa
M!sa1 [cp. Vedic m!sa, & m!s; Gr. mh/n (Ionic mei/s); Av. m!h (moon & month); Lat. mensis; Oir. m";
Goth. m/na=moon; Ohg. m!no, m!n0t month. Fr. *m/ to measure: see min!ti] a month, as the 12th part of
the year. The 12 months are (beginning with what chronologically corresponds to our middle of March):
Citta (Citra), Ves!kha, Je&&ha, 4s!)ha, S!va*a, Po&&hap!da, Assayuja, Kattika, M!gasira, Phussa, M!gha,
Phagguna. As to the names cp. nakkhatta. Usually in acc., used adverbially; nom. rare, e. g. a..ha -- m!so
half -- month VvA 66; 4s!)hi -- m!sa VvA 307 (=gimh!na' pacchima m!sa); pl. dve m!s! PvA 34 (read
m!se); catt!ro gimh!na -- m!s! KhA 192 (of which the 1st is Citra, otherwise called Pa&hama -- gimha "1st
summer" and B!la -- vasanta "premature spring"). -- Instr. pl. cat(hi m!sehi Miln. 82; PvA i.1012. -- acc.
pl. as adv.: dasam!se 10 months J i.52; bahu -- m!se PvA 135; also nt. chamm!s!ni 6 months S iii.155.
Freq. acc. sg. collectively: a period of . . ., e. g. tem!sa' 3 months DhsA 15; PvA 20; catu˚ DA i.83; PvA
96; satta˚ PvA 20; dasa˚ PvA 63; a..ha˚ a fortnight Vin iv.117. -- On m!sa (& f. m!s"), as well as
shortened form ˚ma see pu**a. -- pu**at! fullness or completion of the month DA i.140; -- matta' (adv.)
for the duration of a month PvA 19.
M!sa
M!sa2 [Vedic m!+a, Phaseolus indica, closely related to another species: mudga Phaseolus mungo] a bean
(Phaseolus indica or radiata); usually combd with mugga , e. g. Vin iii.64; Miln 267, 341; DA i.83. Also
used as a weight (or measure?) in dhañña -- m!sa, which is said to be equal to 7 lice: VbhA 343. -- pl. m!se
Vv 806 (=m!sa -- sass!ni VvA 310). -- odaka bean -- water KhA 237. -- khetta a field of beans VvA 808;
VvA 308. -- b"ja bean -- seed DhA iii.212. -- vana plantation J v.37 (+mugga˚).
M!sa
M!sa3 [identical with m!sa2] a small coin (=m!saka) J ii.425 (satta m!s!=s. m!sak! C.).