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Matte)rya 142 Maddava
J V1.372 ; Mhvs 29, 5 sq. —tamba° red clay DhA
IV. 106; PvA 191. mattika pi. kinds of clay (used in
cosmetics, like Fuller's earth) J v. 89 (nana-cunnani-f
mattika; see also cunna). — 2. loam, mud M 111.9
(alla° fresh loam or mud); Vism 123 (aruija-vanna) ;
KhA 59 (pandu) ; VvA 65 ; PvA 216 (aruna-vanna).
-thala bowl of clay DhA iv.67. -pinda a lump of
clay or loam DA 1.289 ; same trope at PvA 175.
Matteyya (& metteyya) (adj.) [fr. mata, *matreyya>
*matteyya] reverential towards one's mother, motherloving
D III. 74; Pv ii.7'8 (=matu hita PvA 104;
v. 1. mett°). Spelling at D in. 72 is metteyya. It is
difficult to decide about correct spelling, as metteyya
is no doubt influenced by the foil, petteyya, with which
it is always combined.
Matteyyata (& mett°) (f.) [abstr. fr. matteyya] filial love
towards one's mother ; always
comb'' with pettesryata
D III. 145 (v. 1. metf); Nd^ 294 (mett°), Dh 332;
DhA iv.33.
Uattha [cp. Vedic masta(ka) skull, head, Vedic mastiska
brains ; perhaps to Lat. mentum chin, Cymr. mant
jawbone ; indirectly also to Lat. mons mountain] the
head, etc. Only in cpd. mattha-lunga [cp. Sk. mastulunga]
the brain Vin 1.274 ' Sn 199 ; Kh in. ; J 1.493 ;
KhA 234 ; Vism 260 (in detail) 264, 359 ; VbhA 63, 243,
249 ; DhA 11.68 ; PvA
78, 80. — See also matthaka.
Matthaka [cp. mattha] the head. fig. top, summit J 111.206
= iv.4; IV.173, 457; V.478; DA 1.226 (pabbata"); Pv
IV. 16'; DhA 1. 184. matthaka-matthakena (from end
to end) J 1,202 ; m.304. Loc. matthake as adv.- (i) at
the head DhA 1.109; {2) at the distance of (-°) DhA
1-367; (3) on top of (-°) J v. 1 63 (vammika°); Mhvs
23, 80 (sisa°); Yugandhara" Miln 6; DhA 11. 3 (uddhana°).
-asin sitting on top (of the mountain) J vi.497 ( = pabbata-matthake
nisinna C. ; gloss matta-kasin i. e.
wildly in love, expH by kama-mada-raatta). The
reading is not clear, -tela oil for the head KhA 64
(=muddhani tela Vism 262).
Hathati [Vedic math, manth to twirl, shake about, stir
etc. ; cp. Lat. mamphur part of the lathe = Ger. mandel
("mangle"), E. mandrel: Lith. menturis churning
stick, Gr. ftoOog tumult ^oBovpa shaft of rudder. —
The Dhtp (126) gives both roots (math & manth) and
expl^ by " vilolana," as does Dhtm (183) by " vilotana
"] to churn, to shake, disturb, upset. Only in
Cans, matheti to agitate, crush, harass, upset (cittai))
S IV.2IO; Sn 50 ( = taseti hapeti Nd^ 492); Pv IV.7'
(kammanar) vipako mathaye manar) ; C 261: abhibhaveyya)
; Miln 385 (vayu padapc mathayati ; . . .
kilesa mathayitabba). — pp. mathita. See also abhimatthati
(sic) cS: nimmatheti.
Mathana (adj. nt.) [fr. math] shaking up, crushing,
harassing, confusing Miln 21 (+ maddana) ; DhA 1.3 12 ;
PvA 265.
Mathita [pp. of matheti] i. (churned) buttermilk Vin
11.30 1 (amathita-kappa). — 2. upset, mentally unbalanced
state, disturbance of mind through passion,
conceit, etc. M 1.486 (maniiita-|- ). Neumann trsl-
" Vermutung " i. e. speculation, guessing (v. 1. matth").
Hada [Vedic raada, mad (see majjati), Idg. *mad, as in
Av. mata intoxication, drink, mad, to get intoxicated
orig. meaning " drip, be full of liquid or fat " ; cp. Gr.
fialda dissolve, /jaaTog breast (/ja?(;e> Amazone), Lat.
madeo to be wet, Ohg. mast fattening. Sk. meda grease,
fat, Gr. /If Jea ; fiiaroi; full ; Goth, mats eatables, Ags.
mos, Ohg. muos = gemuse, etc. Perhaps connected with
*med in Lat. medeor to heal. For further relations
see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. madeo. — The Dhtp (412) &
Dhtm (642) explain mad by " ummade " Dlitm 210
also by " muda, mada = santose "] i. intoxication,
sensual excess, in formula davaya madaya mandanaya
(for purposes of sport, excess, personal charm etc.)
M i.355=A 11.40= Ndi 496=Nd2 5^o = Pug 2i=Dhs
1346, 1348. The commentator's expl" bearing directly
or indirectly on this passage distinguish several kinds
of mada, viz. mana-mada & purisa-raada (at DhsA 403 ;
Vism 293). or mutthika-mall' adayo viya madatthar)
bala-mada-nimittar) porisa-mada-nimittari ca ti vuttar)
(at Vism 31). Sn 218 (mada-pamada on which passage
SnA 273 comments on mada with jati-mad' adi-bheda
mada). — 2. (as mental state or habit) pride, conceit
Miln 289 (mana, m., pamada) ; Vbh 345 (where 27 such
states are given, beginning with jati^, gotta", arogya°,
yobbana°, jivita-mada), 350 (where mada is para-
phrased by majjana majjitattai) mano . . . unnati
. . . dhajo sampaggaho ketukamyata cittassa : same
formula, as concluding exegesis of mana at Nd'' 505 &
Dhs 1 1 16): sometimes more def. characterised with
phrase mada-matta elated with the pride or intoxication
of . . . {-"). e. g. A 1.147 (yobbana", arogya",
jivita°); PvA 86 (mana°), 280 (bhoga°). — The traditional
exegesis distinguishes only 3 mada's, viz. arogya-
mada the pride of health, yobbana° of youth, jivita° of
life: D in. 220 ; A 1.146.
-nimmadana " disintoxication from intoxication,"
freedom from pride or conceit A 11.34 ' ^" Vism
293-
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Madana (nt.) [fr. mad] lit. making drunk, intoxication
Nd- 540 C. (in formula davaya madaya madanaya,
instead of mandanaya: see under mada i); in cpd.
°yuta intoxicated, a name for the Yakkhas J 1.204. —
Cp. nimmadana.
Madaniya (adj. nt.) [orig. grd. of madati] i. intoxicating
D n.185 (sadda vaggu rajaniya kamaniya m.). —-2. ifttoxication
VvA 73.
Hadira (f.) [of adj. Vedic madira intoxicating] intoxicating
drink, spirit J v.425 ;
DhsA 48.
Madda i . [fr. mrd, Sk. marda] crushing etc. ; kneading,
paste, in pittha paste of flower Vin 11. 151 ; J ni.226
(pitthi"). — 2. [dialectical, cp. Sk. madra] N. of a
country & its inhabitants, in "rattha SnA 68 sq.
"rajakula KhA 73.
-vina a sort of girdle Vin 11.136.
Maddati [cp. Vedic myd to crush ; see etym. under mattika]
I. to tread on, trample on (ace), crush J in. 245,
372 (ppr. maddamana) ; DhA n.66. — 2. to defeat,
destroy Sn 770 ( = abhibhavati Nd' 12); Nd* 85 (madditva
= abhibhuyya) ; SnA 450; Mhvs i, 41. — fig. to
crush a heresy : vadai)
m. Mhvs 36, 41. — 3. to neglect
(an advice), spurn J ni.211 (ovadar)). — 4. to mix up,
knead, jumble together DhA n.155. — 5. to thresh
1.500 (vatir), a
J 1. 215. — 6. to break down, upset J
fence). — 7. to draw together (a net) J 1.208. — Caus. L
maddeti to cause to be trampled on Mhvs 29. 4 (aor.
maddayi). — Caus. IL maddapeti to cause to be
threshed Vin n.i8o. — pp. maddita. See also pari".
Haddana (nt.) [cp. Epic Sk. mardana, fr. mrd] i. crushing,
grinding, destroying J iv.26 ; Miln 2 i (adj.,-|- mathana)
Sdhp 449; Dhtp 156. — 2. threshing Miln 360. — See
also nimmaddana, pamaddana, parimaddana.
Maddari (i.) [?] a species of bird, in cpd. ambaka" A 1.188.
Maddava (adj. nt.) [fr. mrdu, cp. Epic Sk. mardava]
t. mild, gentle, soft, suave Dhs 1340; Vbh 339; Miln
229 (cittai) mudukai) m. siniddhag), 313 (mudu°), 361
(among the 30 best virtues, with siniddha & mudu). —
2. (fr. madda) as Np. name of a king, reigning in
Sagala, the capital of Madda. — 3. withered Dh 377