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Mulaka 164 Metta
reason Sn 1043, cp. Nd^ 517. -phala (eatable) fruit,
consisting of roots; roots as fruit Sn 239. -bandhana
fundamental bond (?) or set of causes (?) Sn 524 sq.,
530 sq., cp. SnA 429-431. -bija having seeds in roots,
i. e. propagated by roots, one of the classes of plants
enum'' under bijagama (q. v.). -rasa taste of roots, or
juice made fr. roots VbhA 69 ; see under rasa.
Halaka (adj. nt.) [fr. mula] i. (adj.) (a) (-°) being caused
by, having its reason through or from, conditioned by,
originating in Vbh 390 (tanha° dhamma) ; Tikp. 233 sq.,
252 sq., 288 sq. & passim; VbhA 2CO sq., 207 sq.
(sankhara°, avijja° etc. with ref. to the constituents
of the Paticca-samuppada) ; PvA 19. — (b) having a
certain worth, price, being paid so much, dear Mhvs
27, 23 (a °r) kammar) unpaid labour); DhA 1398
(nahana-cunna °t) catu-pannasa-koti dhanar), as price)
11.154 (pattha-pattha-mulaka bhikkha) ; in. 296 (kir)
mfilakar) how dear?). — 2. (nt.) = mula, i. e. root^
bulb, radish, cnly in cpd. miilaka-kanda radish (-root)
J DhA
IV. 88, 491 ;
iv.78. — See also pulaka.
MQlika (adj. n.) [fr. mula] i. (m.) root-vendor Miln 331.
— 2. (adj. -°) belonging to the feet (pada°), a footman,
lackey J 1.122, 43S ; 11.300 sq. (N. of the king of Janasandha,
Gamani-canda) ; 111.417; v.128; vi.30. — 3. in
rukkha° one who lives at the foot of a tree : see under
rukkha, where also "miilikatta.
Ma{ha 'Vedic mudha, pp. of mah; cp. also muddhai =
^'edic mugdha] i . gone astray, erring, having lost one's
way (magga°) D 1.85 a< (°ssa maggag acikkhati) ; Pv
IV. 1*8 (id. with pavadati) ; PvA 1 12 (magga°). — 2. confused,
infatuated, blinded, erring, foolish D 1.59 ; 'Pv
IV.3" (sa°, better to be written sam").
-gabbha (f.) a woman whose "foetus in utero " has
gone astray, i. e. cannot be delivered properly, a woman
difficult to be delivered J i.407=DhA iv.192 ; Miln i6g ;
VbhA 96. -rupa foolish Dh 268 ; DhA
111.395.
Miisika (m.) & musika (f.) [Vedic mQsika, fr. mils] a
109 (m.), 252 =
mouse D ii.i07=Pug 43 (f.) ; Vism
KhA 46 (m.) : Mhvs 5, 30 (m.) ; VbhA 235.
-cchinna (auguries from the marks on cloth (gnawed
by mice) D 1.9 (miisika"; DA 1.92 mQsika" = undurakhayitar)
; cp. Dial. 1.17). -dari a mouse-hole J 1.462
(musika°, so read for musika°). -patha " Mouseroad
" N. of a road Nd^ 155, 415 (here rausika").
-potika the young of a mouse J iv. 1 88 (miisika°). -vij ja
mouse craft D 1.9 (cp. DA 1.93).
Mtisi (f.) [Venic mus & muh mouse or rat ; cp. Lat. raus
Gr. fuiQ, Ohg. mus = E. mouse. Not to mu? to steal,
but to same root as Lat. moveo, to move] a mouse
S 11.270 (mudu° a tender, little m.).
Me is enclitic form of ahar) in var. cases of the sg. See
under ahar).
Mekhala (f) [cp. Vedic mekhala] a girdle J v. 202, 294
(su°, adj.); vi.456 ; ThA 35; KhA 109; DhA 1.39;
PvA 46.
Mekhalika (f.) [fr. mekhala] a girdle Vin 11. 185 (ahi°,
consisting of a snake).
Megha [Vedic megha ; not to mih, mehati (see mijha),
but to Idg. *meigh-, fog. rain ; cp. Sk. mih mist ; Av.
maega cloud ; Gr. o/ii'xX'; fog. Lith. migha fog. Dutch
miggelen to drizzle, also Ags. mist = Oicel mistr
" mist "] a cloud Pv 11. 9*^ ; Vism 126 ; esp. a thundercloud,
storm. S I. ICO (thaneti), 154 ; Th
1.307 (as kala)
It 66 ; J 1.332 (pajjunna vuccati megha); DhA 1.19;
SnA 27 ("thanita-sadda). In this capacity often
called maha-megha, e. g. Sn 30 ; DhA
1.165 ; KhA
2 i ;
PvA 132. — On megha in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907,
124, 125.
-natha having clouds as protectors (said with ref. to
grass-eating animals) J iv.253.
a circle of clouds SnA 27.
-mandala cloud-circle,
-vanna cloud-coloured
V.321 (C. for megha-sannibha) °pis5na a sort of
J :
ornamental building stone Mhvs 30, 59 (v. 1., T. meda° ;
trsl. fat-coloured stones). See meda".
Mecaka (adj.) [cp. Vedic mecaka] black, dark blue Dhs.\ 13.
Mejjati [cp. Vedic midyati, to mid, see meda Dhtp 160.
413 & Dhtm 641 give mid with meaning " snehane "] to
fig. to be in love with or attracted
be fat, to be full of fat ;
by, to feel affection (this meaning only as a " petitio
principii " to explain metta) DhsA 192 (v. 1. mijjati
= siniyhati).
Mejjha (adj.-nt.) [*medhya ; fr. medha] i. (adj.) [to
medha^] fit for sacrifice, pure ; neg. a° impure Sdhp 363.
2. (nt.) [to medha^ & medhavin] in dum" foolishness
Pug 2i = Dhs 390 (expl'* at DhsA 254 by " yag . . .
citta-santanar) mejjharj bhaveyya suci-vodanar) tag
dutthar) mejjhag imina ti dummejjhag ").
MeQ4& [dial., cp. Prk. mfintha & mintha : Pischel, Prk. Gr.
§ 293. The Dhtm (156) gives a root mend (med) in
meaning of " kotilla," i. e. crookedness. The Ved.
(Sk.) word for ram is mesa] i. a ram D 1.9 ; J iv.250,
353 ("visana-dhanu. a bow consisting of a ram's horn).
-°patha Npl. "ram's road" Nd^ 155 = 415. -"yuddha
ram fight D 1.6. — 2. a groom, elephant-driver in cpd.
hatthi° elephants' keeper J 111.431 ;
v.287; vi.489.
Mev^i^^'^ (adj.) [fr. meijda] i. made of ram(s) horn, said
of a (very strong) bow J n.88 (°dhanu) ; v.128 ("singadhanu).
— 2. belonging to a ram, in mendaka-paiiha
" question about the ram " Miln 90 alluding to the story
of a ram in the Ummagga-jataka (J vi. 353-55). which is
told in form of a question, so difficult & puzzUng that
nobody " from hell to heaven " (J vi.354) can answer
it except the Bodhisatta. Cp. Trenckner's remark
Miln 422.
Hetta (adj. nt.) [cp. Vedic maitra " belonging to Mitra "
;
Epic Sk. maitra " friendly," fr. mitra] friendly, benevolent,
kind as adj. at D in. 191 (mettena kaya-kammena
etc.), 245 ("g vaci-kammag) ; as nt. for metta in
cpds. of metta (cp. mettagsa) and by itself at D 1.227
(mettag-h cittag), perhaps also at Sn 507.
Hetta (f.) [abstr. fr. mitra = nutta, cp. Vedic maitrag.
According to Asl. 192 (cp. Expos. 258) derived fr. mid
to love, to be fat : " mejjati metta siniyhati ti attho "]
love, amity, sympathy, friendUness, active interest in
others. There are var. def"^ & expl"^ of metta : the
stereotype " metti mettayana mettayitattag metta cetovimutti
" Vbh 86 = 272 ; occurring as " metti mettayana
mettayitattag anuda anudayana anuda\'itattag hitesita
anukampa abyapado . . . kusalamiilag " at Nd'
488 & Dhs 1056 . (where T. mettag for metti, but see
Dhs trsl.^ 253). By Bdhgh at Sn.\ 128 expH in distinction
fr. karuna (which is " ahita-dukkh-apanayakamata
") as " hita-sukh-upanaya-kamata." i. e. desire
of bringing welfare & good to one's fellow-men. Cp.
def" of metta at Vism 317. — Sn 73 (see Nd^ p. 232).
967: D III. 247 sq.. 279; Vism in. 321 sq. ; SnA 54;
PvA 66 (khanti, m.. anudaya) ; Sdhp 484. 487. —
Phrases occurring frequently : metta ceto-vimutti D
1. 251 ; S 11.265 ; A IV. 150 ; It 20 ; Vbh 86 and passim,
metta-sahagatena cetasa with a heart full of love
D 1.250 ; II. 186 ; III. 49 sq., 78, 223 sq. ; S v.i 15 ; A 1.138 ;
II. 129 ; 1V.390 ; V.299, 344 ; expl* in detail at Vism 308.
mettag karoti (loc.) to be friendly or sympathize with
Mhvs 12,23. — I" cpds. usually metta". but shortened
to metta" in metta-cittag kindly thought, a heart full
of love D 1. 167; III. 237; Sn 507; Pv 11. 13'^; J vi.7i ;
and metta-jhana love-meditation, ais e-xpl° of m.-citta
at SnA 417; PvA 167.
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