The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

M!siya (adj.) [=m!sika] consisting of months D ii.327 (dv!dasa˚ sa'vacchara the year of 12 months).
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Miga
Miga [Vedic m%ga, to m%j, cp. magga, meaning, when characterised by another attribute "wild animal" in
general, animal of the forest; when uncharacterised usually antelope] 1. a wild animal, an animal in its
natural state (see cpds.). -- 2. a deer, antelope, gazelle. Various kinds are mentioned at J v.416; two are
given at Nd2 509, viz. e*i (antelope) & sarabha (red deer): see under e*i & sarabha. -- Sn 39, 72; J i.154;
iii.270 (called Nandiya); PvA 62, 157. On miga in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 123, where more refs. are
given. -- âdhibh( king of beasts (i. e. the lion) Sn 684. -- inda king of beasts (id.) Sdhp 593. -- ch!paka
young of a deer VvA 279. -- d!ya deer park J iv.430 (Maddakucchi); VvA 86 (Isipatana). -- dhenu a hind J
i.152; DhA iii.148. -- bh(ta (having become) like a wild animal, M i.450 (˚bh(tena cetas!). -- mandalocana
the soft eye of the deer Vv 6411; Pv i.115. See under manda. -- r!j! king of the beasts (the lion) D iii.23 sq.
-- luddaka deer -- hunter J i.372; iii.49, 184; DhA ii.82; VbhA 266 (in simile). -- vadha deer -- slaying J
i.149. -- vittaka, amateur of hunting J iv.267. -- vis!na a deer's horn Pug 56. -- v"thi deer -- road J i.372.
Migav!
Migav! (f.) [=Sk. m%gay!, cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 461] hunt, hunting, deer -- stalking PvA 154 (˚padesa).
Usually in devasika' migava' gacchati to go out for a day's hunting J iv.267; or as pp. ekadivasa' migava'
gata VvA 260; ek!ha' m. g. Mhvs 5, 154.
Mig"
Mig" (f.) [f. of miga, cp. Epic Sk. m%g"] a doe Th 1, 109; J v.215; vi.549; DhA i.48.
Micchatta
Micchatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. micch!] item of wrong, wrong- ness. There are 8 items of wrong, viz. the 8 wrong
qualities as enumd under (an -- ) ariya -- magga (see micch!), forming the contrary to the sammatta or
righteousness of the Ariyan Path. These 8 at D ii.353; iii.254; A ii.221; iv.237; Vbh 387; Vism 683.
Besides these there is a set of 10, consisting of the above 8 plus micch! -- ñ!*a and ˚vimutti wrong
knowledge & wrong emancipation: D iii.290; Vbh 391; Vism 683 (where ˚ñ!*a & ˚viratti for vimutti). --
See further D iii.217 (˚niyata); Pug 22; Dhs 1028 (cp. Dhs. trsl. §1028); Vbh 145; Tikp. 32 (˚niyata -- citta),
325 (˚tika), 354 (id.).
Micch!
Micch! (adv.) [Sk. mithy!, cp. Vedic mitha1 interchanging, separate, opposite, contrary (opp. sa6yak
together: see samma); mith( wrongly; see also mithu] wrongly, in a wrong way, wrong -- , false Sn 438
(laddho yaso), 815 (pa&ipajjati leads a wrong course of life, almost syn. with anariya'. Illustrated by "p!*a'
hanati, adinna' !diyati, sandhi' chindati, nillopa' harati, ek!g!rika' karoti, paripanthe ti&&hati, parad!ra'
gacchati, mus! bha*ati" at Nd1 144); VbhA 513 (˚ñ!*a, ˚vimutti). -- micch!˚ often in same combns as
samm!˚, with which contrasted, e. g. with the 8 parts of (an -- ) ariya -- magga, viz. ˚di&&hi (wrong) views
(D iii.52, 70 sq., 76, 111, 246, 269, 287, 290, Dh 167, 316 sq.; Pug 39; Vism 469 (def.) PvA 27, 42, 54, 67;
cp. ˚ka one who holds wrong views D iii.45, 48, 264; Vism 426); ˚sankappa aspiration (D iii.254, 287, 290
sq., Dh 11); ˚v!c! speech (ibid.); ˚kammanta conduct (ibid.); ˚!j"va living (D iii.176 sq., 254, 290; A ii.53,
240, 270, iv.82); ˚v!y!ma effort (D iii.254, 287, 290 sq.); ˚sati mindfulness (ibid.); ˚sam!dhi concentration
(ibid.); see magga 2, and cp. the following: -- gaha*a wrong conception, mistake J iii.304. -- c!ra wrong
behaviour Pug 39 (& adj. c!rin); VbhA 383 (var. degrees). -- pa&ipad! wrong path (of life) Pug 49 (& adj.:
˚pa&ipanna, living wrongly). -- pa*ihita (citta) wrongly directed mind Dh 42=Ud 39 [cp. BSk.