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Mayaq 148 Mala
bara" of Vd. wood Mhvs 23, 87; daru° of wood, VvA
8 ; loha" of copper Sn 670 ; vejuriya" of jewels Vv 2^.
— 2 . consisting in : dana° giving alms PvA 8, 9 ; dussa"
clothes Vv 46'; dhamma" righteousness S 11 3 7. — 3-
(more as apposition, in the sense as given by Dhp.
above under 6) something like, a likeness of, i. e. ingredient,
substance, stuff ; in ahara° food-stuff, food
III. 523
; J
Vism 395 ; sila° character, having sila as substance (or
simply-consisting of) It 51 (dana°, sila°, bhavana°).
utu° something like a (change in) season
Mayai] [i" pi. of ahari, for vayar) after maya etc. See
ahar)] we Vin 11.270 ; Sn 31, 91, 167 ; Dh 6 ; KhA 210.
Mayukha [Vedic mayukha in difl. meaning, viz. a peg
for fastening a weft etc., Zimmer Altind. Leben 254] a
ray of light Abhp. 64 ; Dhp. A 426 (old citation,
unverified).
Mayiira [Vedic mayura] a peacock D in. 201 ; S 11279;
Th I, 1113; J II. 144, 150 (°giva) = DhA 1.144; J iv.211
("nacca) ; v. 304 ; vi.172, 272, 483 ; Vv ii^, 35' (=sikhan-
92.
din VvA 163); VvA 27 (°giva-vanna) ; Sdhp
The form mayura occurs nearlj' alwaj'S in the Gathas
and is the older form of the two m. and mora. The
latter contracted form is found in Prose only and is
often used to explain the old form, e, g. at VvA 57. See
also mora.
Mara (adj.) [fr.
immortal, in
mr] dying ; only neg. amara not dying,
phrase ajararaara free from decay &
death Th 11.512 ; Pv 11. 6". See also amara.
Maiana (nt.) [fr. mr" death, as ending this (visible) existence,
physical death, in a narrower meaning than'kalakiriya;
dying, in cpds. death. — The customary stock
definition of marana runs ; yar) tesar) tesai] sattanar)
tamha tamha satta-nikaya cuti cavanata bhedo antaradhanai).
maccu maranai) kalakiriya, khandhanar)
bhedo, kajebarassa nikkhepo M 1.49; Nd^ 123, 124
(adds " jivit' indriyass' upacchedo "). Cp. similar
def"'' of birth and old age under jati and jara. — S
III. 52, III sq., 135 sq.. 14O sq., 235. 258 sq.
1.121 : D
Sn 32. 318, 426 sq., 575 sq., 742, 806 ; Nd-254 (= maccu)
Pug 60 ; Vbh 99 sq. ; VbhA 100 (def° and exegesis in
det., cp. Vism 502), 10 1 (var. kinds of, cp. Vism 229),
156 (lahuka), 157; DhA 111.434; PvA 5, 18, 54, 64, 76,
Sdhp 292, 293. —kala° timely death (opp. akala")
96 ;
khanika' sudden death Vism 229.
-anta having death as its end (of jivita) Dh 148 (cp.
-sankhato antako). -anussati
DhA 11.366 : marana
mindfulness of death Vism 197, 230 sq. (under 8 aspects).
-cetana intention of death Dh.\ 1.20. -dhamma subject
to death Pv.\ 41. -pariyosana ending in death (of
jivita, life) DhA iii.iii. 170. -para "the other side
of death," Np. at Nd^ 154 (vv. U. BB purapurag ; SS
parammukhai)). -bhaya the fear of death J 1.203 ;
VI. 398 ; Vbh 367. -bhojana food given before death,
the last meal J 1.197 ; 11.420. -maiica death-bed Vism
47. 549 i 'ka J IV. 32. -mukha the mouth of d. Pv.\
1
(or should we read "dukkha ?). -sati the thought
97
(or mindfulness) of death, meditation on death SnA
54; Dh.\ III. 1 71 ; PvA 61, 66. -samaya the time of
death VbhA 157-159 (in var. conditions as regards
patisandhi).
Marati [mr=Idg. *nier, Vedic mriyate & marate ;
cp. Av.
miryeite, Sk. marta = Gr. /-(pordf mortal, man; mara
Lith.
death; Goth. maur|ir=Ags. mort=Ger. mord ;
mifti to die ; Lat. morior to die, mors death. The root
is identical with that of mrnati to crush : see manati,
and mrdnati (mardati) same : see mattika. — The Dhtp
(No. 245) defines mr by " pana-cage," i. e. giving up
breathing] to die. — pres. marati Mhvs v. spur, after
5, 27; 36,
J III. 276.
83; Pot. mareyyag J vi.498 2"''
; mareyyasi
ppr. maramana Mhvs 36, 7O. — aor. amara
J III 389 ( = mataC. ; with gloss amari). —amari Mhvs
36, 96. — Put. marissati J in. 214. — ppr. ( = fut.)
marissar) J in. 2 14 (for 'marisyanta). — Inf. maritug
D 11.330 (amaritu-kama not willing to die) ; Vism 297
(id.) ; VvA 207 (positive) ; and marituye Th 2, 426. —
The form mijryati (miyati) see separately. — Caus I.
mareti to kill, murder Mhvs 37, 27; PvA 4. Pass,
mariyati PvA 5 (ppr. mariyamana) ;
Sdhp
139 (read
mar° for mariy"). — Caus. II. marapeti to cause to be
killed J III. 178; Mhvs 37, 28. Cp. pamareti.
Harioa (nt.) [cp. scientific Sk. marica] black pepper
Vin 1.20 1 (allowed as medicine to the bhikkhus) ; Miln
63-
-gaccha the M. -shrub J v.12. -cunna powdered
pepper, fine pepper J 1.455.
perhaps related to Lat.
mare sea ; s. Walde, La(. 11 '/6. under mare] i. boundary,
limit, shore, embankment Vin in. 50 ; A in. 227 (brahmaijanar));
D 111.92 = Vism 419; J v.325 ; vi.536 (tira°)
Mhvs 34, 70; 36, 59 (vapi°) ; Miln 416. — 2. strictly
Mariyada (f) [cp. Vedic maryada ;
defined relation, rule, control J 11.215; Vism 15. — adj.
keeping to the lines (or boundaries), observing strict
rules A in. 22 7 (quoted SnA 318, 323). °bandha
keeping in control Vin 1.287. — Cp. vimariyadi.
perhaps
Marici (f.) [Vedic marici ; cp. Gr. fiapptaipui to shimmer,
glitter, fta'ipa dog star, a/iapi'i-raw sparkle ; Lat. merus
clear, pure ;
also mariyada to be taken here]
I. a ray of light VvA 166. — 2. a mirage J vi.209
Vism 496 ; VbhA 34, 85 ; often comb'* with maya (q. v.),
e. g. Nd^ 6Sn A" ; J 11.330.
-kammatthana the " mirage " station of exercise
DhA 111.165. -dhamma like a mirage, unsubstantial
VI. 206 Dh Dh.\ 1.337.
J ;
46 ;
Maricika (f.) = manci 2 ; S in. 141 ; Vism 479 (in comp.)
Dh 170 ( = maya Dh.\ in. 166).
Mam' [cp. Epic Sk. maru] a region destitute of water, a
desert. Always comb"" with ^kantara : Nd' 155 (as
Name); J 1.107; VbhA 6; VvA 332; PvA 99, 112.
Maru^ [Vedic marut, always in pi. marutah, the gods of
the thunder-storm] i . pi. maru the genii, spirits of the
air Sn 6S1, 688; Miln 278 (naga-yakkha-nara-maru
perhaps in meaning 2 ) ; Mhvs 5,27. — 2 . gods in general
(°-) Mhvs 15, 211 (°gana hosts of gods); 18, 68 (°nara
gods and men). — Cp. maruta & maluta.
Marumba [etym. ?] a sort of (sweet-scented) earth or sand
Vin 11.12 I, 142, 153 (at these pas.sages used for besprinkling
a damp living-cell) ; iv.33 (pasana, sakkhara,
kathala, marumba, valika) ; Mhvs
29, 8; Dpvs 19, 2,
Miln 197 (pasana, sakkhara, khara, m.).
Maruta (f.) [cp. Sk. murva, perhaps connected with Lat.
malva] a species of hemp (Sanseveria roxburghiana)
M 1.429. .\t J ii.iij we find reading marudva &
marucavaka (C), of uncertain meaning ?
Mala (nt.) [Vedic mala, see etym. under nialina. The
Dhtm (395) only knows of one root mal or mall in
meaning " dharana " supporting, thus thinking of
malaka] anything impure, stain (lit. & fig.), dirt. In
the Canon mostly fig. of impurities. On mala in
similes see J.P.T.S., 1907, 122. —-S 1.38 (itthi malar)
brahmacariyassa), 43 (id.); A 1. 105 (issa°) ; Sn 378.
15,
368 (tini malani), 389 (nava
45 (id.),
220. — Compar. malatara a
469, 962, 1132 ( = rago malar) etc. Nd^ 5*50) ; Nd'
478 sq. ; Dh 239 sq. ; Vbh
purisa-malani) ; Pv 11.3^* (macchera°) ; PvA
8(1 (id.), 17 (citta°) ; Sdhp
greater stain A iv.i95 = Dh 243. — See also mala.
-abhibhu overcoming one's sordidness
IV. 64. -majjana
S i.iS; J
" dirt wiper," a barber Vin iv.308
(kasavata m. niliinajacca) ; J in. 452 ; iv.365.