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Middha 157 Missaka
wrongly: Ger. missetat wrong doing = misdeed ; Lat.
muto to change, mutuus reciprocal;
present = Ags. majjum ; mith in Vedic
Goth,
Sk. is
maibms
"to be
opposed to each other," whereas in Vedic mithuna the
notion of " pair " prevails. See also methuna] opposite,
reciprocally, contrary Sn 825, 882 (taken by Nd' 163 &
290. on both passages identically, as n. pi. of adj. instead
of adv., & expl"" by " dve jana dve kalaha-karaka " etc.).
-bheda ^evidently in meaning of mi«a-bheda " break
of friendship." although mithu means " adversary,"
thus perhaps " breaking, so as to cause opposition "]
breaking of alliance, enmity D 11.76; J iv.184 (here
with V. 1. mitta') ; Kvu 314.
Hiddlia (nt.) [orig. pp. perhaps to Vedic mid (?) to be
fat=niedll, as DhsA 378 gives " medhati ti middhag."
— More likely however connected with Sk. methi
(pillar = Lat. mcta), cp. Prk. medhi. The meaning is
more to the point too, viz. " stiff." Thus scmantically
identical with thina. — BSk. also middha, e. g. Divy
555] torpor, stupidity, sluggishness D 1.71 (thina°) :
Sn 437; A V.18; Dhs 1157; Miln 299, 412 (appa° not
+ slothful, i. e. diligent, alert) ; \"ism 450 (°rupa ;
riipa, jatirupa, etc., in def. of rupa) ;
roga-
DA 1.2 11 (expl''
as cetasika gelaiina : see on this passage Dhs trsl. §1 155)
Sdhp 459. — See thina.
Middhin (adj.) [fr. middha^ torpid, drowsy, sluggish Dh
325 ( = thinamiddh' abhibhuta Dh.\ iv.16).
Midha [does it refer to mP as in minati-, or to middha ?^
is given as root in meaning " hirjsana," to hurt at
Dhtm 536 (with var. v.v 11.), not sure.
Minana (nt.) [fr. mi to measure, fix, construct] measuring,
surveying DA 1,79 ;
Dhs.\ 123.
Minati' [roots (Vedic)
Idg. *me, cp. Sk.
ma & mi; pres. minute & minoti
matra measure, mana ; Av, ma-,
mitih measure ; Gr. fic'iTiov small measure, /ivrif
counsel Lat.; raetior, mensis, modus; Goth, mela
bushel; Ags. maed measure (cp. E. mete, meet =
fitting); Lith. metas year. —^The Dhtm 726 gives mi
in meaning " pamana "] to measure VbhA 108 (see
etym. of mitta) ; Pot. mine J v. 468 ( = mineyya C.)
fut. minissati Sdhp 585. ger. minitva Vism 72 grd.
;
minitabba J v.90. — Pass, miyati : see anu". — pp.
mita. — Cp. anu", abhi", ni°, pa°, vi°. Caus. mapeti
(q. v.).
Minati^ [\^edic minati, mi (or mi), to diminish ; cp. Gr.
/iivi'w diminish; Lat. minor=E. minor; Goth, mins
(little), compar, minniza, superl. minnists = Ger.
mindest. — The Dhtp 502 gives mi %vith " higsa," the
Dhtm 725 with " hirjsana." It applies the same interpretation
to a root midh (Dhtm 536). which is probably
abstracted fr. Pass, miyati] to diminish ; also : to hurt,
injure. Very rare, only in some prep. comb"\ — See
also miyati.
Hiyyati (& Miyati) [corresponding to Vedic mriyate, fr.
mr, via. *miryate>mij'yati. See marati] to die. — (a)
miyyati : Sn 804: Nett 23. med. 3"' pi. miyyare Sn
575 ; pot. miyye J vi.498 ; ppr. miyyamana M in. 246 ;
Vism 49 ? fut. miyyissati M 111.24O. — (b) miyati
(influenced in form by jiyati & miyati of minati-)
M III. 168 (jayati jiyati miyati); J in. 189; Dh 21;
pot. miyetha D 11.63. PPr- miyamana S 1.96. — pp.
mata.
Milakkha [cp. Ved. Sk. mleccha barbarian, root mlecch,
onomat. after the strange sounds of a foreign tongue,
cp. babbhara & mammana] a barbarian, foreigner, outcaste,
hillman S v.466 ; J vi.207 ; DA 1.176; SnA 236
("mahatissa-thera Np.), 397 (°bhasa foreign dialect).
The word occurs also in form milakkhu (q. v.).
Milakkha [the Prk. form (A-MagadhI, cp. Pischel, Prk.
Gr. 105, zii) for P. milakkha] a non-Aryan D in. 264 ;
Th I, 965 ("rajana " of foreign dye " trsl. ; Kern,
Toev.
s. v. translates " vermiljoen kleurig "). As milakkhuka
at Vin III. 28, where Bdhgh expl* by " Andha-Damil' adi."
Milaca [by-form to milakkha, via *milaccha>*milacca>
milaca : Geiger, P.Gr. 62- ; Kern. Toev. s. v.] a wild man
of 4;he woods, non-Aryan, barbarian J iv.291 (not with
C. = janapada), cp. ludda m. ibid., and milaca-putta
J V.I 65 (where C. also expb by bhojaputta, i. e. son of
a villager).
Milata [pp. of milayati] faded, withered, dried up J 1.479 ;
V.473 ; Vism 254 (°sappa-pitthi, where KhA 49 in same
passage reads "milata-dham(m)ani-pitthi") ; DhA 1.335 ;
iv.8 (sarira), 112 ; Sn.\ 69 ("mala, in simile) ; Mhvs 22,
46 (a°); Sdhp 161.
Milatata (f) [abstr. fr. milata] only neg. a." the (fact of)
not being withered J v. 156.
MUayati [Vedic mla, to become soft ;
as in Gr. ,i\a%, liXnKfvw to languish ;
Idg. *mela & *mlei,
Lat. flaccus withered
( = flaccid); Lith. blaka weak spot; also Gr. /JXi/xpoi.weak.
— Dhtp 44') " : mila = gatta-vimane " (i. e. from
the bent limbs) ; Dhtm 679 id.] to relax, languish, fade,
wither S 1.126; It 76 ; J 1.329; v.90. — Caus. milapeti
[Sk. mlapayati] to make dry, to cause to wither J 1.340
(sassai)) ; fig. to assuage, suppress, stifle J 111.414
(tanhag). — pp. milata.
Millika at PvA 144 in passage pagsukulai) dhovitv-abhisiiicimillikaii
ca katva adasi is to be read either as
" abhisiiici cimillikaii ca k." or " abhisincitva mudukaii
ca k."
Hilhaka at S u.228 is to be read milhaka (q. v.).
Misati [mi?, Vedic misati. root given as misa at Dhtm 479.
with expl° " mllane "] to wink (one's eyes) : see ni".
Missa (adj.) [orig. pp. of mis, cp. Vedic misra. Sk. misraj'ati,
meksayati ; Gr. /liyvw/ii & /iiffyw ; Lat. misceo,
mixtus ; Ags. miscian=mix; Ohg. miskan. — Dhtp
631 "sammissa"] i. mi.xed (with: -°) ; various Vin
1.33
143 ; J ;
(kesa°, jata° etc.^a mixture of, various); Th i,
III. 95, 144 (udaka-panna° yagu) Pv 1.9= (missa
kitaka). nt. missag as adv. " in a mixed way " Vism
552 = VbhA i&i (4-dvidha). — 2. accompanied by
(-°), having company or a retinue, a title of honour in
names, also as polite address [cp. Sk. misra & arya
misra] J v. 153 (voc. f. misse), 154 (f. missa). -- 3. missa"
is changed to missi in comp" with kr and bhu (hke Sk ).
thus in missi-bhava (sexual) intercourse, lit. mixed
107; and
state, union J 11.330; iv.471 ; v.86 VbhA ;
missi-bhuta mixed, coupled, united J v.86 ( = hatthena
hatthai) gahetva kaya-missibhavai) upagata C). Cp.
sam.°
-kesi (f.) " mixed hair," Ep. of a heavenly maiden or
Apsaras Vv 60" (expH at VvA 280 as " ratta-miladlhi
missita-kesavatti ")• The m. missa-kesa occurs as a
term for ascetics (with munda) at Vism 389.
Missaka (adj. n.) [fr. missa] i. mixed, combined J 11.
(phalika° rajata-pabbata mountain of silver mixed
with crystal) ; Vbh.\ 16 (lokiya-lokuttara°) ; usually
°-, like "ahara mixed food DhA il.ioi ; "uppada mixed
portents, a main chapter of the art of prognosticating
(cp. Brhat-Saghita ch. 86 :
"bhatta = °ahara SnA ; 97
adhyaya) Miln 1 78 ;
raisrak'
Mhbv 27.-2. (m.) an attendant,
follower; f. missika Dh.\ 1.2 11 (Samavati").
T,. (nt.) N. of a plea-sure grove in heaven (lit. the grove
Pharusaka
of bodily union), one of the 3 : Nandana, M ,
J VI. 2 78 ; Vism 424. — 4. (pi. missaka) a group of devas,
mentioned at D 11.260 in list of popular gods (cp. raissa
2 and missakesi).