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Mummura 163 Mula
asekha" (the Arahants), pacceka' (the Paccekabuddhas),
muni° (the Tathagatas). — The parallel passage to
Nd- 514* at A 1.273 gives a muni as kjya-muni. vaca°
& ceto° (under the 3 moneyyani).
Mammora ;*Sk. murmura. lit. crackling, rustling ; cp.
Lat. murmur=E. murmur, Gr. /lo^/^/yw to rustle. Ohg.
murmuron & murmuI6n = Ger. raurmeln ; all to Idg.
*mrein, to which Sk. marmara : see P. mammara & cp.
murumura] crackling fire, hot ashes, burning chaff
J III34-
Hayhati [Vedic rauhyati, muh; def" Dhtp : 343
yar) ; 460 : vecitte ; cp. moha & momuha] to get be-
muccha-
wildered, to be infatuated, to become dull in one's
senses, to be stupified. Just as raga, dosa & moha
form a set, so do the verbs rajjati, dussati, mujhati, e. g.
Miln 386 (rajjasi rajjaniyesu, dussaniyesu dussasi,
muyhase mohaniyesu). Otherwise rare as finite verb;
only DhsA 254 (in def" of moha) & Sdhp 282, 605 (.so
read for mayh^te). — pp. miilha & muddha^.
Muyhana (nt.) [fr. muyhati] bewilderment, stupefaction,
infatuation DA 1.195 (rajjana-dussana-ra.).
Huiaja [cp. Epic. & Class. Sk. muraja, Prk. raurava
Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 254] i. a small drum, tambourine
J V.390 ; Vv 35' ( = bheri VvA 161); 8418 ( = mudinga
VvA 340) ; SnA 370. — 2. a kind of girdle Vin 11. 136.
Horamnra (indecl.) [onomat. to sound root my, see
mammara cS: mummura] the grinding, crackling sound
of the teeth when biting bones, " crack " ;
in phrase m.
ti khadati to eat or bite up to bits J 1.342 ; v. 2 1 (of a
Yakkhinl. eating a baby).
Murumttrapeti=murumurayati
(°etva khadati).
J 11. 127
; 111.134; v.190
Moramorayati [Denom. fr. murumura] to munch, chew,
bite up with a cracking sound J iv.49i.
Mulala & Mulali (f) [cp. Vedic mulalin. Zimmer, Allind.
Leben 70 mentions Bisa, ^aluka & Mulalin as edible
roots of lotus kinds. — Geiger, P.G>'. 12 & 43 puts mulala
= Sk. mrnala] the stalk of the lotus: mulali Vin 1.2 15
(bhisa-l- ) ; mujali J vi.530 = ( mulalaka C.) ; mulalika
Vin 1.2 15 (bhisa+ ) ; bhisa-mulalai) (nt.) (collective cpd.)
fibre & stalks Vin ii.20i = S 11.269; iv.94 ; v.39 ; Vism
361 ; VbhA 66. —mulali-puppha a lotus Th i, 1089.
Mosati [in this connection = my? in an active sense, as
quasi Denom. fr. musa. Not to mu? to steal, which is
given at Dhtp 491 with " theyya "] to betray, beguile,
bewilder, dazzle, in cakkhuni m. D 11. 183 (but
trsl" "destructive to the eyes"); musati 'va nayanai)
Vv 35' (cp. VvA 161).
Mosala (m. nt.) [cp. Vedic musala. The etym. is probably
to be connected with mrd (see maddati)] i. a pestle
(whilst udukkhala is " mortar," cp. J 11.428 & see
udukkhala) D i.i66 = Pug 55 ; DhA 11. 131 (+ suppa). —
2. a club A II. 241 ; VvA
PvA 258 ("danda).
121. — 3. a crowbar J 1.199;
Hnsalaka (nt.) [fr. musala] a little pestle, a toy for little
girls DhsA 32 1
Husalika only in cpd. danta° (an ascetic) who uses his
teeth as a pestle J iv 8 (an aggi-pakkar) khadati, eats
food uncooked, only crushed by his teeth).
Masa (adv.) [Vedic mrsi, fr. mr?, lit. " neglectfully "]
falsely, wrongly ; usually with verbs vadati, bhanati,
bhasati & briiti to speak falsely, to tell a lie. — .V 11 49
(opp. saccar)); Sn 122, 158. 397, 400, 757, 883, 967,
1131; Nd' 291 ; Pv 1.3' ; VvA 72 ( = abhutar) atacchar)) ;
Sn.\ 19 ; PvA 16, 152.
-vada lying, a falsehood, a lie D 1.4. 25 ; 111.68 sq. ;
92 sq., 106, 170, 195, 232, 269: M 1. 414; Sn 129. 242
(cp. D 11.174); Dh 246; Pug 57; Ndi 268; Vv 158;
Pv 1.68; VbhA 383 (var. degrees); PvA 16; Sdhp 65;
explicitly at Nd' 152, 394; Nd' 515. Cp. mosavajja.
-vadin speaking falsely, lying D 1.138; m.15, 82 ; Dh
176; Pug 29, 38.
Mnssati [=inr§, mrsyati ; to which musa "wrongly,"
quite diff. in origin fr. miccha : mrsa>mithya. Dhtm
437 defines by " sammose." i. e. forgetfulness] v. intrs. ;
to forget, to pass into oblivion, to become bewildered,
to become careless D 1.19 (sati ra.) ; J v. 369 (id.); Sn
815 (=nassati Sn.\ 536 ; =parimussati. paribahiro hoti
Nd' 144). — pp. muttha. Cpp- pa°, pari".
Uuhutta (m. & nt.) [Vedic muhurta. fr. muhur suddenly]
a moment, a very short period of time, an inkling, as we
should say "a second." — Its duration may be seen
from descending series of time-connotations at Pv.\ 198
(under jatakamma, prophesy by astrologers at the birth
of a child) : rasi. nakkhatta, tithi, m. ; and from def"
at Nd^ 516 by " khanar), layar), vassar), atthag." —
Usually in oblique cases : muhuttena in a short time,
in a twinkling of an eye Pv.\ : 55 muhuttag (ace.) a
moment, even a second Sn 1 13S (m. api) ; Dh 65 (id.),
106 ; PvA 43.
Muhuttika (adj.) [fr. muhutta] only for a moment ;
°a
(f.) a temporary wife, in enum" of several kinds of wives
at Vin 111.139 & VvA 73.
Syn. tan-khanika.
Mu is given as root as Dhtp 2 16 in meaning " bandhana."
Muga (adj.) [Vedic muka ;
Vin 1. 91 (andha, m., badhira) ; Sn 713; DhA 11.102
(andha, m.. badhira); Su.\ 51 (in simile); Sdhp 12.
Freq. comb'' with ela, deaf (q. v.).
see etym. under mukha] dumb
Mula (nt.) [Vedic raura & mula. The root is given as
mul in 2 meanings, viz. lit. " rohane " Dhtm S59, and
fig. " patitthayar) " Dhtm 391] i. (lit.) root A 11.200 =
M 1.233; DhA 1.270; IV. 200 (opp. patti) ; Vism 270
(rukkha° = rukkha-samTpar)) ; Pv n.9* (sa° with the
root) ; Pv.\ 43 (rukkhassamuleat the foot of). — 2. foot,
bottom Vin 11.269 (patta") ; Pv.\
73 (pada°), 76 (id.),
rukkha" foot of a tree: see under rukkha for special
meaning. — 3. (appli*) ground for, reason, cause, condition,
def'' as " hetu, nidana, sambhava " etc. at Xd'
s. v. ; Sn 14= 369 (akusala mula n. pl. = akaraor patittha
SnA 23) ; Pv ti.3^ (sa° with its cause) ; Dukp 272, 297,
312, 320 ; Miln 12 (& khandha-yamaka, with ref. to the
Yamaka). Very freq. in this sense as referring to the
three lobha, dosa, moha as conditioning akusala (&
absence of them = kusala), e. g. at D 111.214, 275; .\
1. 201, 203 ; Vbh 106 sq., 169, 361 ; Yam i.i ; Vism 454 ;
cp. Nd' 517 ; Vbh.\ 382. — 4. origin, source, foundation,
root (fig.) Vin 1.231 = D 11. 91 (dukkhassa) ; Vin n.304;
Sn 916, 968 (cp. Nd' 344, 490); Th i, 1027 (brahmacariyassa)
; Dh 247, 337. Freq. in formula (may be
taken to no. i) [pahina] ucchinna-mula talSvatthukata
etc. with ref. to the origin of sagsara. e. g. at S 11.02, 88 ;
III. 10, 27, 161. 193; IV. 253, 292, 376. See Nd' p. 205
s. V. pahina, in extenso. — 5. beginning, base, in muladivasa
the initial day D.\ 1.311 ; also in phrase miilakiranato
right from the beginning Vv.\
miliar) kramatas ca id. Divy 491). — 6.
132 (cp. BSk.
"substance,"
foundation, i. e. worth, money, capital, price, remunera-
tion Miln 334 (kamma°) ; Dh.\ 1.270 (?) ; PvA 273;
Mhvs 27, 23. amula unpaid Mhvs 30, 17 (kamma
labour). — ina'^ borrowed capital D 1.71.
-kanda eatable tuber Dli.V 111.130; 1V.7S (mfilaka'^).
See al.so kanda -kammatthana fundamental k. or k.
of causes Sn.\ 54. -ghacca radically extirpated Dh
250, 263. -ttha one who is the cause of something, an
instigator Vin in. 75. -dissayin knowing the cause or