The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Mi)hak!
Mi)hak! at S ii.228 is to be read m")hak! (q. v.).
Misati
Misati [mi+, Vedic mi+ati, root given as misa at Dhtm 479, with expln "m"lane"] to wink (one's eyes): see
ni˚.
Missa
Missa (adj.) [orig. pp. of mi$, cp. Vedic mi$ra. Sk. mi$ra- yati, mek+ayati; Gr. mi/gnumi & mi/sgw; Lat.
misceo, mixtus; Ags. miscian=mix; Ohg. miskan. -- Dhtp 631 "sammissa"] 1. mixed (with: -- ˚); various
Vin i.33 (kesa˚, jat!˚ etc. =a mixture of, various); Th 1, 143; J iii.95, 144 (udaka -- pa**a˚ y!gu); Pv i.92
(miss! ki&ak!). nt. missa' as adv. "in a mixed way" Vism 552=VbhA 161 (+dvidh!). -- 2. accompanied by (
-- ˚), having company or a retinue, a title of honour in names, also as polite address [cp. Sk. mi$ra & !raya
mi$ra] J v.153 (voc. f. misse), 154 (f. miss!). -- 3. missa˚ is changed to miss" in compn with k% and bh(
(like Sk.), thus in miss" -- bh!va (sexual) intercourse, lit. mixed state, union J ii.330; iv.471; v.86; VbhA
107; and miss" -- bh(ta mixed, coupled, united J v.86 (=hatthena hattha' gahetv! k!ya -- miss"bh!va'
upagata C.). Cp. sam.˚ -- kes" (f.) "mixed hair," Ep. of a heavenly maiden or Apsaras Vv 6014 (expld at
VvA 280 as "ratta -- m!l!d"hi missita -- kesava&&""). The m. missa -- kesa occurs as a term for ascetics (with
mu*.a) at Vism 389.
Missaka
Missaka (adj. n.) [fr. missa] 1. mixed, combined J ii.8 (phalika˚ rajata -- pabbata mountain of silver mixed
with crystal); VbhA 16 (lokiya -- lokuttara˚); usually ˚ -- , like ˚!h!ra mixed food DhA ii.101; ˚upp!da
mixed portents, a main chapter of the art of prognosticating (cp. B%hat -- Sa'hit! ch. 86: mi$rak' âdhy!ya)
Miln 178; ˚bhatta=˚!h!ra SnA 97; Mhbv 27. -- 2. (m.) an attendant, follower; f. missik! DhA i.211
(S!m!vati˚). 3. (nt.) N. of a pleasure grove in heaven (lit. the grove of bodily union), one of the 3:
Nandana, M., Ph!rusaka J vi.278; Vism 424. -- 4. (pl. missak!) a group of devas, mentioned at D ii.260 in
list of popular gods (cp. missa 2 and missakes").
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Missakatta
Missakatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. missaka] mixing, mixture, combination with ( -- ˚) Tikp 291.
Missana
Missana (nt.) [fr. misseti] mixing Dhtp 338.
Missita
Missita [pp. of misseti] mixed, intermingled Sn 243; J v.460; PvA 198 (dhañña s!sapa -- tela˚); VvA 280
(see under missa -- kes").
Misseti
Misseti [Caus. of mi$, Vedic mi$rayati] 1. to mix Miln 126 (maya' missayiss!ma); PvA 191 (pal!se s!l"hi
saddhi'). -- 2. to bring together in cohabitation, to couple J v.154 (C.: kilesana misseti). -- pp. missita.