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Malina 149 Mahant
Ualina (adj [fr.
. ) mal, 'mel to make dirty, to which belongs
mala. — Cp. Lat. mulleus reddish, purple ; Gr. fiiXag
black, fioXruij to stain, fiikrog reddish ; Lith. mulvas
yellowish, melynas blue ; Ohg. mal stain] dirty, stained.
impure, usually lit. — J 1.467 ; Miln 324 ; DhA 1.233 ;
VvA 156; PvA 226; VbhA 498.
Maliaaka (adj.) [malina+ka] dirty; with ref. to loha, a
kind of copper, in the group of copper belonging to
Pisaca VbhA 63.
Malya (nt.) [for *malya, fr. mala] flower, garland of
flowers Vv i' (-dhara) ; 2'; J v. 188 (puppha°), 420.
The reading at Pv 111.3^ (pahuta°, adj. having many
rows of flowers) is malya.
Malla [cp. Sk. malla, perhaps a local term, cp. Canura]
a wrestler Vin u.105 ("mutthika) J iv.81 (two, named
Canura and Mutthika " fister") ; Vism 31 (mutthika+ ,
i. e. boxing & wrestling as amusements: see mada i).
Perhaps as " porter " Bdhgh on CV v. 29. 5 (see Vin
11.319). At Miln 191 the malla are mentioned as a
their designation might here refer
group or company ;
to the Mallas, a tribe, as other tribes are given at the
same passage (e. g. Atona, Pisaca). Cp. Bhallaka.
-gana troop of professional wrestlers Miln 331.
-mutthika boxer Vin n.105. -yuddha wrestling contest
Miln 232; DhA 11. 154; DA 1.85. -yuddhaka a professional
wrestler J iv.81.
Hallaka [cp. Sk. mallaka & mallika] i. a bowl, a
vessel (.') used in bathing Vin 11.106 (mallakena nahayati
; or is it a kind of scrubber ? Bdhgh's exlp° of
this passage (CV v. 1.4) on p. 315 is not quite clear;
mallakar) nama makara-dantihe chinditvd muUaka-
akata° danta
mula-santhanena kata-mallakag vuccati ;
achinditva katar)). It may bear some ref. to malla on
p. 105 (see malla) & to mallika-makula (see below
mallika). — 2. a cup, drinking vessel A 1.250 (udaka°).
— 3. a bowl J III. 21 (kai)sa° = tatfaka). — 4. in kheja"
a spittoon Vin 1.48; 11. 175. — Note. W. Printz in
"BhSsa's Prakrit." p. 45, compares Sauraseni mallaa,
Hindi mall(a) " cup," maliya " a small vessel (of wood
or cocoanut-shell) for holding the oil used in unction,"
mala " cocoanut-shell,"
vidian word.
and adds : probably a Dra-
Mallika (f) [cp. Epic Sk. mallika, Halayudha 2, 51 ;
Dandin 2, 214] Arabian jasmine Dh 54 (tagara°)
J 1.62 ; III. 291 ; V.420 ; Miln
333, 338 ;
DhsA
14 ; KhA
44. mallika-makula opening bud of the jasmine Vism
251= VbhA 234 ("santhana, in descr. of shape of the
4 canine teeth). — See also malika.
Maloiika (f) [prob. dialectical for malaka :
cp. mallaka]
a stand, (tripod) for a bowl, formed of sticks Vin 11. 124
( = dand' adharaka Bdhgh on p. 318).
Hasa in line " asadaii ca masaii jatar) " at J vi.328 is to
be comb'' with ca, and read as camasan, i. e. a ladle for
sacrificing (C. : aggi-dahanar)).
in cpd. amasati. The root
Hasati [mfS] to touch : only
is expl"" at Dhtp 305 as " amasana." Another root
masu [mjh ?] is at Dhtm 444 given in meaning " raacchera."
Does this refer to Sk. mrja ( = P. miccha) ?
Cp. masati, masana etc.
Masapa (nt.) [etym. ? prob. provincial & local] a coarse
cloth of interwoven hemp and other materials D 1.166 ;
M 1.308, 345 ; A 1. 241, 295 ; Pug 55. At all passages as
a dress worn by certain ascetics.
Masaraka [fr. masara ?] a kind of couch (maiica) or longchair
; enum'' under the 4 kinds of maiica at Vin iv.40.
— See also Vin 11. 149 ; iv.357 (where expl'* as : maiica-
pade vijjhitva tattha attaniyo pavesetva kato :
by boring a hole into the feet of the bed & putting
through a notched end) ; VvA 8. 9.
made
Hasaragalla (m. & nt.) [cp. Sk. masara emerald + galva
also
called kabara-mani (e. g. VvA 304). It occurs in
stereotyped enum" of gems at Vin 11.238 (where it is
said to be found in the Ocean) = Miln 267 and at Miln
;
118, where it always stands next to lohitanka. The
crystal & musaragalva] a precious stone, cat's eye ;
same comb" (with lohit.) is found at Vv 36^ ; 78' = 8i' ;
84".
Masi [cp. Class. Sk. maji & masi] i. the fine particles of
ashes, in angara° charcoal-dust VvA 67= DhA in. 309
(aggina) masii] karoti to reduce to powder (by fire), to
bum to ashes, turn to dust S 11.88= iv. 197 = A 1.204 =
II. 199. — 2. soot J 1.483 (ukkhali° soot on a pot).
Masuraka [connected with masaraka] a bolster J iv.87;
VI. 185.
Massu [Vedic smasru] the beard D 11.42 ; Pug 55 ; J iv.159.
-parulha" with long-grown beard DA 1.263 ; bahala"
thick-bearded J v. 42.
-kamma beard-dressing J 111.114; DhA 1253. -karana
shaving DhA 1.253; DA i 137. -kutti [m.-lkipti]
beard-trimming J in. 314 (C. = °kiriya).
Massaka (adj.) [fr. massu] bearded; a° beardless (of a
woman) J 11.185.
Uaha (m. & nt.) [fr. mah, see mahati & cp. Vedic nt.
mahas] i. worthiness, venerableness Miln 357. — 2. a
(religious) festival (in honour of a Saint, as an act of
worship) Mhvs 33, 26 (viharassa mahamhi, loc.) ; Vv.\
170 (thupe ca mahe kate), 200 (id.). maha° a great
festival Mhvs 5, 94. bodhi" festival of the Bo tree
J IV. 229. vihara" festival held on the building of a
monastery J 1.94; VvA 188. hatthi" a festival called
the elephant f. J iv.95.
Mahati [mah; expl'' by Dhtp 331 as " piijayai) "] to
honour, revere Vv 47" (pot. med. i pi. mahemase, cp.
Geiger, P.Gr. § 129 ; expl^ as " mahamase pujamase "
at VvA 203). Caus. mahayati in same sense : ger.
mahayitvana (poetical) J iv.236. — Pass, mahiyati
Vv 62I ( = pujiyati VvA 258); 64" (ppr. mahiyaraana =
pujiyamana VvA 282). pp. mahita.
Mahatta (nt.) [fr. mahat" cp. Sk. mahattva] greatness
J V.331 ( = setthatta C.) ; Vism 132, 232 sq. ; VbhA
278 (Satthu°. jati°, sabrahmacari") ;DA 1.35 ; VvA 191.
Mahant (adj.) [Vedic mahant, which by Grassmann is
taken as ppr. to mah, but in all probability the n is au
original suffix. — cp. Av. mazant, Sk. compar. mahlyan ;
Gr. fiiytiQ (compar. /ip(s'ui'), Lat. magnus, Goth.
mikils = Ohg. mihhil=E. much] great, extensive, big;
important, venerable. — nom. maha Sn 1008 ;
22, 27.
Mhvs
Shortened to maha in cpd. pitamaha (following
matamaha
a- decl.) (paternal) grandfather PvA 41 ; &
(maternal) grandfather (q. v.). — instr. mahata Sn 1027.
— pi. nom. mahanta Sn 578 (opp. dahara). — loc.
mahati Miln 254. — f. mahi— i. one of the 5 great
rivers (Np.). — 2. the earth. See separately. — nt.
mahantag used as adv., meaning " very much, greatly "
J V.I 70; DhA IV. 232. Also in cpd. mahantabhava
greatness, loftiness, sublimity DhsA 44. — Compar.
mahantatara DhA 11. 63, and with dimin. suffix °ka
J III. 237. — The regular paraphrase of maha in the
Niddesa is " agga, settha, visitjha, pamokkha, uttama,
pavara," see Nd* 502.
Note on maha & cpds. — A. In certain cpds. the
comb" with maha (mah°) has become so established
& customary (often through politeness in using maha°
for the simple term), that the cpd. is felt as an
inseparable unity and a sort of " antique " word, in
which the 2'"' part either does not occur any more by
itself or only very rarely, as mah' annava, which is more
freq. than aijnava ; mah' Abhisakka, where abhisakka
does not occur by itself ; cp. mah&nubhava, mahiddhika,
VI— 4*