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Malulca 155 Masiya
Malaka (n\. or f. ?) [of uncertain origin] a kind of vessel,
only in camma" leather bag (?) J vi.431 (where v. 1.
reads carama-pasibbakahi valukadihi), 432 (gloss cpasibbaka).
Maluta the proper Pali form for maruta. the a-stem form
of maru^ = Vedic marut or maruta] wind. air. breeze
S iv.2i8; Th 1.2; n.372 ; J 1.167; iv.222 ; v. 328;
VI. 189; Miln 319; Vism 172 ( = vayu); \'vA 174, 178.
-irita (contracted to maluterita) moved by the wind,
fanned by the breeze Th r. ; 754 11.372 ; Vv 44'-= 81' ,
Pv II. 1 2'. See similar expressions under Trita.
Maluva (f.) [cp. BSk. malu] a (long) creeper M 1.306 ;
S 1.207 ; A 1.202 sq. ; Sn 272 ; Dh 162, 334 ; J III. 389 ;
V.205, 215, 389; V.205, 215, 389; VI. 528 (phandana") ;
DhA III. 152 ; IV. 43. — On maluva in similes see J.P.T.S.
1907, 123.
Malura [late Sk.J the tree Aegle marmelos Abhp 556.
Malya see malya.
Ma]a (& Mala) "Non-Aryan, cp. Tamil madam house,
hallj a sort of pavilion, a hall D 1.2 (mandala", same
at Sn p. 104, which passage SnA 447 expl°^ as " savitanai)
mandapar) ; ") Vin 1.140 (atta, mala, pasada
expf at Vin in. 201. In the same sequence of Vbh
251 expl"" at VbhA 366 as " Miln
bhojana-sala-sadiso mandala-majo
; Vinay' attha-kathayar) pana eka-kutasangahito
caturassa-pasado ti vuttag ") ;
46, 47.
— Cp. malaka.— [The BSk. form is either mala, e. g.
MVastu 11.274, o'' mada, e. g. Mvyut 226, 43.]
Ha]aka [a Non-Aryan word, although the Dhtm 395 gives
roots mal & mall in meaning " dharana " (see under
mala). Cp. malorika] a stand, viz. for alms-bowl
(patta°) Vin 11. 114, or for drinking vessel (paniya°)
J V1.85.
Hasa^ [cp. Vedic masa, & mas ; Gr. fti/v (Ionic ^fi'c)
.\v. mah (moon & month) ; Lat. mensis ; Oir. ml
Goth. mena = moon; Ohg. mano, raanot month. Fr.
•mo to measure: see rainati] a month, as the 12"' part
of the year. The 12 months are (beginning with what
chronologically corresponds to our middle of March) :
Citta (Citra), Vesakha. Jettha, Asalha, Savana. Potthapada,
Assayuja, Kattika, Magasira, Phussa, Magha.
Phagguna. As to the names cp. nakkhatta. Usually
in ace, used adverbially ; nora. rare, e. g. addha-maso
half-month VvA 66; Asajhi-masa VvA 307 ( = gimhinar)
pacchima masa) (read mase)
;
pi. dve masa PvA 34
cattaro gimhana-masa KhA 192 (of which the P' is
Citra, otherwise called Pathama-gimha " i^' winter
"
and Bala-vasanta "premature spring"). — Instr. pi.
catuhi masehi Miln. 82 ; PvA i.io'^. — ace. pi. as adv. :
dasamase 10 months J 1.52 ; bahu-mase PvA 135 ; also
nt. chammasani 6 months S iii.ij.'j. Freq. ace. sg. collec-
tively : a period of . . ., e. g. temasai] 3 months DhsA
15 ; PvA 20 ; catu" DA 1.83 ; PvA 96 ; satta' PvA 20 ;
dasa° PvA 63; addha° a fortnight Vin iv.117. — On
masa {& f. masi), as well as shortened form °ma see
punna.
-punnata fullness or completion of the month DA
1.140; -mattai) (adv.) for the duration of a month
PvA 19-
Hasa' 'Vedic masa, Phaseolus indica, closely related to
Phaseolus mungo] a bean
another species : mudga
(Phaseolus indica or radiata) ; usually comb"" with
mugga, e. g. Vin in. 64 ; Miln 267, 341 ; DA 1.83. Also
used as a weight (or measure ?) in dhanfla-masa, which
is said to be equal to 7 lice: VbhA 343. — pi. mase
Vv 80' ( = masa-sassani VvA 310).
-odaka bean-water KhA 237. -khetta a Held of
beans Vv 80^ ; VvA 308. -bija bean-seed DhA ni.212.
-vana plantation J v. 37 (-f mugga^).
Masa' [identical with masa"] a small coin (=masaka)
J 11.425 (satta raasa=s. masaka C).
Masaka fr. masa^-i- ka=raasa'] lit. a small bean, used
as a standard of weight & value ; hence a small coin of
very low value. Of copper, wood & lac (DhsA 318;
cp. KhA 37 ; iatu°, daru°, loha') ; the suvanna" (golden
m.) at J IV. 107 reminds of the " gold " in fairy tales.
That its worth is next to nothing is seen from the
descending progression of coins at DhA in.ic8 = Vv.\
77, which, beginning with kahapana, addha-pada, places
" gratis." It only
masaka & kahanika next to mudha
" counts " when it amounts to 5 misakas. — Vin 111.47,
67; IV. 226 (panca°); J 1.112 (addha-misakar) na
agghati is worth nothing); iv.107; v.135 (first a rain
of flowers, then of raasakas, then kahapanas) Dh.\
;
11.29 (pafica-m.-mattar) a sum of 5 m.) PvA 282
;
(m-l-addha° half-pennies & farthings, as children's
pocket-money).
Masakkhimhaat Vin in. 2 3 is for ma asakkhimha " we could
not " ;
ma here stands for na.
Masati, Masana, Masin [fr. mr?, for massati etc. ; see
masati' touch, touching, etc. in .sense of eating or
taking in. So is probably to be read for asati etc. in
the foil, passages, where m precedes this a in all cases.
Otherwise we have to refer them to a root as=as (to
eat) and consider the m as partly euphonic, ^duma-
pakkani-masita J n.446 (C reads masita & expl"- by
asita, dhata) ; visa-masita Milo 302 (T. reads visamasita)
having taken in poison ; visa-masan-iipatapa
(id.) Vism 166 ; tina-masin eating grass J vi.354 (=tinakhadaka
C). — A similar case where Sandhi-ra- has
led to a wrong partition of syllables and has thus been
lost through syncope may be P. elaka^ as comp'' with
Sk. methi (cp.' Prk. medhi), pillar, post.
Masaia [reading uncertain] only instr. masaluna Miln 292 ;
Trenckner says (note p. 428) : " m. is otherwise unknown,
it must mean a period shorter than 5 months.
Cp. Sk. masaia." — Rh. D. (trsl. n.148) translates
" got in a month," following the Sinhalese gloss. —
The period seems to be only a tillle shorter than 5
months ; there may be a connection with catu in the
word.
Masacita 'misa'-l-acita] filled by the (say 6 or more)
month(s), i. e. heavy (alluding to the womb in advanced
pregnancy), heaped full M 1.332 (kucchi garu-garu viya
misacitar) raaniie ti ; Neumann trsl- " wie ein Sack
voU Bohnen." thus taking m. = mlsa2, and acita as
" heap " which however is not justified). This passage
has given rise to a gloss at Vbh 386, where misacitai)
maiiiie was added to kayo garuko akammaniio. in
meaning " heavy, languid." The other enum"- of the
8 kusita-vatthuni (A iv.332 ; D in. 255) do not give
m. m. It may be that the re.semblance between akammaiifio
and maiine has played a part in reminding the
Commentator of this phrase. The fact that Bdhgh
comments on this passage in the VbhA (p. 510) shows,
that the reading of Vbh 386 is a very old one. Bdhgh.
takes masa in the sense of misa* & expl" masacita as
" wet bean " (tinta maso), thus omitting expl» of acita.
The passage at Vbh.\ 510 runs " : ettha pana misacitaij
nama tintamaso, yatha tintamiso garuko hoti, evaij
garuko ti adhippayo."
Masika (adj.) [fr. masa'] i. of a month, i. e. a month old
Miln ^o2. — 2. of a month, i. e. consisting of months,
so many months (old) (-°). as addha° at intervals of half
a month D 1.166; M 1.238, 343; Pug 55; dve" two
months old Pv i.o'. — 3. monthly, i. e. once a month
Th I, 283 (bhatta). — Cp- masiya.
Masiya (adj.) [ = masika] consisting of months D 11.327
(dvadasa" sarjvacchara the year'of 12 months).