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Mahantata 151 Matar
comb'' with mah-dnubhava to denote great influence,
high position & majesty Vin 1.31; 11. 193; iii.ioi ;
D 1.78, 180 (devata), 213; S 1.145 sq. ; 11. 155, 274 sq.,
A 284 sq. ; IV. 323 ; v. 265, 271 sq.. 288 sq. ;
v. 129;
J VI. 483 (said of the Ocean); PvA 6, 136, 145. -inda
(ghosa) lit. the roar of the Great Indra. Indra here to
be taken in his function as sky (rain) god, thus: the
thunder of the rain-god Th i, 1 108. [Cp. BSk. mahendra
in °bhavana " the abode of the Great Indra." and
varsa " the rain of the Gr. I." (here as rain-god), both
at AvS 1.2 10]. -issisa [Sk. mahesvasa] great in the
art of the bow, a great archer S 1.185 ;
DhA 1.358.
inahe° [maha-l-i]; -esakkha [maha-l- isa+ khyag ;
fr. is] possessing great power or authority A 11.204 ;
UI.244; Nd2 5032; Vism 419; Sdhp 511. The BSk.
form is mahejakhya evidently differing in its etymology.
The P. etym. rests on the same grounds as esitatta in
mahesi DhA iv.232. -esi [maha -f isi ; Sk. maharsi] a
great Sage A 11.26; Sn 208, 481. 646, 915, 1057, 1061 ;
Th I, 1132 ; 2, 149; Dh 422 (expl'' at DhA iv.232 as
" mahantar) slla-kkhandh' adinar) esitatta m." cp. the
; Vism 505 VbhA
similar expl" at Nd^ 503) ; Nd' 343 ;
I. -esiya = mahesi J vi.483. -esi [in P. to
1 10 ; PvA
be taken as mah-|-is, as f. to isa, but in Sk. (V'edic) as
f. of mahisa, buffalo] chief queen, king's tirst wife, king's
consort ; also the wife of a great
V.45 ; VI. 425 ; Pug 56; Mhvs 2,
VvA 184 (sixteen). Usually as
personage J 11.410 ;
22 (pi. mahesiyo)
agga-mahesi, e. g.
J 1.2G2 ; III. 187, 393; V.88. -esitta state
consort, queenship J v.443 ; Pv ii.i3i'' ; ThA
of chief
102. -eseyya = "esitta J v.91.
37; VvA
-maho [maha 4- u, or 4-0] : -ogha the great flood (see
ogha) Sn 4, 945 ; Dh 47, 287 ; DhA in. 433. -odadhi the
(great) ocean, the sea Sn 720, 1134; Miln 224; Mhvs
18, 8. -odara big belly J vi.358 (addressing a king's
minister), -odika full of water, having much water ;
deep, full (of a river) Sn 319; J H.159; Miln 346.
-oraga [ra4-uraga] a great snake J v. 165.
Mahantata (f.) [fr. mahant"] greatness DhA 11.62. At
M III. 24 the spelling is mahattata (tt misread for nt ?),
at M I.I 84 however mahantatta (nt.).
Hahallaka (adj. n.) [a distorted mah-ariyaka>ayyaka>
allaka ; cp. ayyaka] old, venerable, of great age
an old man D i.go (opp. taruna), 94, 114, 247;
Sn 313, 603 ; Nd'' 261 (vuddha m. andhagata etc.)
•J IV. 482 (opp. dahara young); Vv 46' ( = mahanto
VvA 199) ; Dh.\ 1.7, 278 ; 11. 4, 55, 91 ; SnA 313. Com-
par. mahallakatara DhA 11. 18. — f. mahallika an old
woman Miln 16; Mhvs 21, 27; VvA 105; PvA 149
( = addhagata). —.[The BSk. form is mahalla, e. g.
Divy 329, 520.]
Mahika (f) [cp. *Sk. mahika] fog, frost, cold (=:himar)
DhsA 317) Vin 11.295 = Miln 273; Sn 6O9 ; Miln 299;
VvA 134 (fog). — As mahiya at A 11.53.
Hahita [pp. of mahati or mahiyati] honoured, revered
M II. 1 10 ; Miln 278 ; Sdhp 276.
Mahanlya (adj.) [grd. of mahati] praiseworthy VvA 97.
Mahila (f) [Sk. mahila] woman, female Vin 11. 281 (°titthe
at the women's bathing place); J 1.188; Dpvs 1X.4 ;
ThA 271.
Mahisa, Mahisa, Mahigsa [cp. Vedic mahika, an enlarged
form of maha ; the P. etym. evidently to be connected
with maha4- is, because of mahisa >mahir)sa] a buffalo.
—mahisa: D 1.6 ("yuddha b. -tight), 9; J 111.26 (vana°
wild b.) Mhvs ; 25, 36 (T. mahisar)). —mahisa J vi.i 10.
—mahigsa Vism 191, & in Np. Mahigsaka-mandala the
Andhra country J 1.356, cp. Mahigsaka-rajtha VbhA
4; as Mahisa-mandala at Mhvs 12, 29. — Note. The
P. pop. etym. is propounded by Bdhgh as " mahiyar)
set; ti mahiso " (he lies on the ground, that is why he
is a buffalo) DhsA 62.
Mahi (f.) [f. of mab, base of mahant, Vedic mahij the earth
(lit. Great One) Mhvs 5, 266 ; Sdhp 424, 472 ; loc.
mahiya Miln 128 ; mahiyai) DhsA 62. — Sole. As mahi
is only found in very late P. literature, it must have
been re-introduced from Sk. sources, and is not a direct
correspondent of Vedic mahi.
-tala the ground (of the earth) Mhvs 5, 54. -dhara
mountain Miln ; 343 Mhvs 14, 3 ; 28, 22 (v. 1. mahin").
-pa king (of the earth) Mhvs 14, 22. -pati king Mhvs 5,
48 ; 33. 32. -pala king Mhvs 4, 38 ; 5, 265. -ruha tree
(" growing out of the earth ") Mhvs 14, 18, 18, 19.
Ma (indecl.) [cp. Vedic ma, Gr. /i/)] prohibition particle
not, do not, let us hope not, I wish that . . . not [cp.
Lat. utinam & ne]. Constructed with various tenses,
e. g. I. with aor. (prohibitive tense) : ma evag akattha
do not thus DhA 1.7 ; m\ abhani speak not Pv 1.3^ ; ma
cintayittha do not worry DhA 1.12 ; ma parihayi I hope
he will not go short (or be deprived) of ... M 1.444 ;
ma bhayi fear not J 11. 159; ma marigsu I hope they
will not die J 111.55 ; ml (te) rucci may it not please
(you), i. e. please do not Vin 11. 198 ; ma evag ruccittha
id. DhA 1. 13. — 2. with imper. : ma gaccha J 1152;
ma detha J in. 275. ma ghita do not kill : see mighata.
— 3. with pot. : mi anuyuiijetha Dh 27 ; ma
bhuiijetha
let him not eat Mhvs 25, 113; ma vadetha J vi.364. —
4. with indie, pres. : ma patilabhati A v. 194. — A
peculiar use is found in phrase anemi ma anemi shall
I bring it or not? J vi.334. — 5. ma,= na (simple negation)
in masakkhimha we could not Vin in. 23.
-Ma [the short form of masa, direct der" fr. ma : see
minati] see punna-ma.
Magadha [fr. Magadha] scent-seller, (lit. " from Magadha ")
Pv II.9" ( = gandhin PvA 127).
Magadhaka (nt.) [magadha -l-ka, lit. "from Magadha"]
garlic Vin iv.259 (lasunai) nama magadhakar) vuccati).
Magavika [guna- form to •mrga=P. miga ; Sk. margavika]
a deerstalker, huntsman A 11.207 ; Pug 56 ; Miln
364, 412 ; PvA
207.
Maghata (nt.) [lit. ma ghata " kill not "] the injunction
not to kill, non-killing order (with ref. to the killing of
animals J in. 428 ("bheri, the drum announcing this
order); iv.iis; vi.346 (uposatha").
Mangalya (adj.) [fr. mangala] auspicious, fortunate,
bringing about fulfilment of wishes J vi.i79.
Maqiava [cp. *Sk. manava] a youth, young man, esp. a
young Brahmin Sn 1022, 1027. 1028; J iv.391 (brahmana°)
; DA 1.36 =satto pi coro pi taruno pi ; DhA 1.89.
pi. manava menTh 2, 1 12. — The spelling manava occurs
at Sn 456, 589, & Pv 1.8^ { = men Th 11.112 ; kumara
PvA 41).
Ma];tavaka [fr. manava] a young man, youth a Brahmin
Miln 10 1 ; in general : young, e. g. naga" a young serpent
J III. 276; f. "ika a Brahmin girl J 1.290; Miln loi ;
naga° a young female serpent J in. 275; DhA in. 232.
Matanga [cp. Epic Sk. matanga, dial.] an elephant Dh
329, 330 (here as Ep. of naga) ; J 111.389 ; vi.47 ; Vv
43*; Miln 368. — 2. a man of a low class [cp. BSk.
matangi Divy 397] SnA 185 sq. (as Np.).
Matar (f) [Vedic mata, stem matar", Av. matar-, Gr.
l''n>H> (Doric
rauoter, Ags.
ttdnii)) Lat. mater, Oir. mathir, Ohg.
modor= mother ; Cp. further Gr. /ii';rpo
uterus, Lat. matrix id., Sk. matrka mother, grandmother,
Ger. mieder corset. From Idg. *ma, onomat.
part., cp. "mamma"] mother. Ca.'ses : nom.
sg.