The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

short time, in a twinkling of an eye PvA 55; muhutta' (acc.) a moment, even a second Sn 1138 (m. api); Dh
65 (id.), 106; PvA 43.
Muhuttika
Muhuttika (adj.) [fr. muhutta] only for a moment; ˚! (f.) a temporary wife, in enumn of several kinds of
wives at Vin iii.139 & VvA 73. Syn. tan -- kha*ik!.
M(
M( is given as root as Dhtp 216 in meaning "bandhana."
M(ga
M(ga (adj.) [Vedic m(ka; see etym. under mukha] dumb Vin i.91 (andha, m., badhira); Sn 713; DhA ii.102
(andha, m., badhira); SnA 51 (in simile); Sdhp 12. Freq. combd with e)a, deaf (q. v.).
M(la
M(la (nt.) [Vedic m(ra & m(la. The root is given as m(l in 2 meanings, viz. lit. "rohane" Dhtm 859, and
fig. "pati&&h!ya'" Dhtm 391] 1. (lit.) root A ii.200= M i.233; DhA i.270; iv.200 (opp. patti); Vism 270
(rukkha˚=rukkha -- sam"pa'); Pv ii.96 (sa˚ with the root); PvA 43 (rukkhassa m(le at the foot of). -- 2. foot,
bottom Vin ii.269 (patta˚); PvA 73 (p!da˚), 76 (id.). rukkha˚ foot of a tree: see under rukkha for special
meaning. -- 3. (appld) ground for, reason, cause, condition, defd as "hetu, nid!na, sambhava" etc. at Nd2 s.
v.; Sn 14=369 (akusal! m[l! n. pl.=!k!ra or pati&&h! SnA 23); Pv ii.333 (sa˚ with its cause); Dukp 272, 297,
312, 320; Miln 12 (& khandha -- yamaka, with ref. to the Yamaka). Very freq. in this sense as referring to
the three lobha, dosa, moha as conditioning akusala (& absence of them=kusala), e. g. at D iii.214, 275; A
i.201; 203; Vbh 106 sq., 169, 361; Yam i.1; Vism 454; cp. Nd2 517; VbhA 382. -- 4. origin, source,
foundation, root (fig.) Vin i.231=D ii.91 (dukkhassa); Vin ii.304; Sn 916, 968 (cp. Nd1 344, 490); Th 1,
1027 (brahmacariyassa); Dh 247, 337. Freq. in formula (may be taken to no. 1) [pah"na] ucchinna -- m(la
t!lâvatthukata etc. with ref. to the origin of sa's!ra, e. g. at S ii.62, 88; iii.10, 27, 161, 193; iv.253, 292,
376. See Nd2 p. 205 s. v. pah"na, in extenso. -- 5. beginning, base, in m(ladivasa the initial day DA i.311;
also in phrase m(lak!ra*ato right from the beginning VvA 132 (cp. BSk. m(la' kramata$ ca id. Divy 491).
-- 6. "substance," foundation, i. e. worth, money, capital, price, remuneration Miln 334 (kamma˚); DhA
i.270 (?); PvA 273; Mhvs 27, 23. am(la unpaid Mhvs 30, 17 (kamma labour). -- i*a˚ borrowed capital D
i.71. -- kanda eatable tuber DhA iii.130; iv.78 (m(laka˚). See also kanda. -- kamma&&h!na fundamental k. or
k. of causes SnA 54. -- ghacca radically extirpated Dh 250, 263. -- &&ha one who is the cause of something,
an instigator Vin iii.75. -- dass!vin knowing the cause or
-- 540 --
reason Sn 1043, cp. Nd2 517. -- phala (eatable) fruit, consisting of roots; roots as fruit Sn 239. -- bandhana
fundamental bond (?) or set of causes (?) Sn 524 sq., 530 sq., cp. SnA 429 -- 431. -- b"ja having seeds in
roots, i. e. propagated by roots, one of the classes of plants enumd under b"jag!ma (q. v.). -- rasa taste of
roots, or juice made fr. roots VbhA 69; see under rasa.
M(laka
M(laka (adj. nt.) [fr. m(la] 1. (adj.) (a) ( -- ˚) being caused by, having its reason through or from,
conditioned by, originating in Vbh 390 (ta*h!˚ dhamm!); Tikp. 233 sq., 252 sq., 288 sq. & passim; VbhA
200 sq., 207 sq. (sankh!ra˚, avijj!˚ etc. with ref. to the constituents of the Pa&icca -- samupp!da); PvA 19. --
(b) having a certain worth, price, being paid so much, dear Mhvs 27, 23 (a ˚' kamma' unpaid labour); DhA
i.398 (nah!na -- cu**a ˚' catu -- pa**!sa -- ko&i dhana', as price); ii.154 (pattha -- pattha -- m(lak!