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Mettayati 165 Mokkhacika
-aQsa (mettai)sa) sympathetic, showing love towards
It 22 (v. 1. °asa) : J iv'.yi ( = metta-kotthasa mettacitta
C). -kammatthana the k. of sympathy DhA
IV. 108. -bhavana cultivation or development of
friendliness (towards all living beings) J 1.176; 111.45;
Miln 199; Vism 295. -viharin abiding in kindliness
25 ; Vism PvA 230.
Dh 368 ; DhA iv.108 ; Nett
324 ;
Mettay&ti [Denom. fr. metta] to feel friendly, to show love
194 : VbhA 75. With
to be benevolent A iv.151 ; DhsA
loc. to show friendship or be affectionate towards J
1.365 ; III. 96 ; Davs 111.34.
Mettayans (f ) & Mettayitatta (nt.) [abstr. formations fr.
metta] : see def° of metta.
Uetti & Metti (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. maitrl] love, friendship
J III. ; 79 V.208 ; VbhA 75. See also def° of metta.
Ketteyyatta (f)is occasional spelling for matteyyata (q. v.).
in analogy to petteyyata; e. g. Nd* 294.
Methnna (adj.-nt.) [fr. Vedic mithuna pair, der. fr. mithu.
Cp. miccha] i. (adj.) relating to sexual intercourse,
sexual, usually with dhamma, sex intercourse, in phrase
"ri dhammai] patisevati to cohabit Vin 1.96; D 11.133
Sn 291, 704 ; Nd^ 139 ; Vism 418 ; SnA 536. — (m.) an
sissociate J vi.294 (na raja hoti methuno). — 2. (nt.)
sexual intercourse fS'edic maithuna] D 1.4 ; 111.9, 88 sq.
133 ; Sn 400, 609, 814, 835 = DhA 1.202 ; Nd' 139, 145 ;
Pug 67 ; Vism 51.
Methunaka [fr. methuna] i. one concerned with (illicit)
sexual intercourse, a fornicator Nd' 139
sense). — 2. an associate Vin 111.66. — 3.
J
(in a wider
(nt.) coitu?
11.360 = ( methuna-dhamma C).
Meda fVedic medas (nt.) fr. mid, see etym. under mada
fat S 1. 1 24; Sn 196; J III. 484 (ajakarar) medar) = ajakara-medar)
C.) ; Kh iii. (expl'' at Vism 262 as " thinasineha
" thick or coagulated fluid or gelatine) ; Vism 361 :
VbhA 66, 225, 245, 249.
-kathalika a cooking pot or saucepan for frying fat
A IV. 377 (in simile with kaya) ;
Dh.A 11. 179 (similar);
Vism 195 (in compar.). -ganthi (as medo-ganthi, Sk.
influence !) an abscess of fat, fatty knot or tumour,
mentioned as a disease at Miln 149. -vanna fat-
in cpd. °pasana a stone of the (golden) colour
coloured ;
of fat found in the Himalaya mountains Sn 44 7 ( = medapinda-sadisa
SnA 393); Mhvs i, 39; 30, 57 sq., 96;
31, 121 ; see Geiger's note Mhvs (P.T.S. ed.) p. 355, who
puts it beyond doubt, that meda" is the correct reading
for the V. 1. megha° at all places.
Hedaka [meda+ ka] in go" a precious stone of light-red
(or golden) colour (cp. meda-vanna-pasana) VvA 1 1 1
Mediai (f) [of adj. medin, fr. meda fat. but cp. Vedic
medin an associate or companion fr. mid in meaning t(
be friendly] the earth (also later Sk.) Mhvs 5, 185 ; 15.
47; Vism 125.
Medeti [Denom. fr. meda] to become fat M 1.238.
Hedha [Vedic medha, in asva. go='. purusa" etc.] sacrifice
only in assa' horse-sacrifice & purisa" human s. (q. v.).
eg . at A IV. 151 ; Sn 303. — Cp. mejjha.
Medhaga (& °ka) [cp. Sk. methana abusive speech ;
Vedic
methati fr. mith to scold] quarrel, strife Vin 11.88 ('ka)
Th 2, 344; Sn 893, 894 (=kalaha. bhandana, viggaha
(T. "ka Nd» 42 & 406 °ga
vivada Nd' yj2, 303), ; 935
with V. 1. SS °ka); Dh 6 ; J 111.334 (°ka ; C. = kalaha),
488 Cga ; C. °ka expl" kalaha) ; Dh.\ 1.65.
Medhasa (adj) [= Vedic medhas, as a-base] having
wisdom or intelligence, wise, only in cpds. bhiiri" of
great wisdom Sn 1131; & su° [Ved. sumedhas] very
wise Vv22* ( = sundara-paiifia VvA m) ; Pv 111.7' (both
comb"" as bhuri-su-raedhasa,
bhiirimedhasa PvA 205).
hardly correct ; v. 1. M.
Medha (f) [Vedic medha & medhas, perhap.s to Gr. /nfl"
in ftavOdvu (" mathematics ")] wisdom, intelligence,
sagacity Nd' s. v. (m. vuccati pauiia) ; Pug Dhs 16,
25 ;
DhsA 148; PvA 40 ( = paiina). — adj. sumedha vise,
clever, intelligent Sn 177; opp. dum" stupid Pv 1.8*.
—-khina-medha one whose intelligence has been impaired,
stupefied J vi.295 ( = khina-panria).
Medhavita (f) [abstr. fr. medhavin] cleverness, intelligence
VvA 229.
Medhavin (adj.) [medha -l- in =*medhayin > medhavin ;
already Vedic, cp.
comb"" with pandita
medhasa] intelligent, wise, often
& bahussuta : D 1.120; S iv.375;
iv.io, 13, 141 ; Sn 323 (ace. medhavinai)
A iv.244 ; Vin
-f bahussutag) 627, 1008 (Ep. of Mogharaja), 1125 (id.)
Nd* 259 (s. V. jatima, with var. other synonyms) ;
Dh 36 ; J VI.294; Miln 21 ; DhA 1.257 ; 11. 108 ; iv.169 ;
VvA 131; PvA 4 1
Medhi (f ) [Vedic methi pillar, post (to bind cattle to) ;
BSk. medhi Divy 244; Prk. medhi Pischel Gr. § 221.
See for etym. Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. raeta] pillar, part
of a stupa [not in the Canon ?].
Medhin (adj. -n.) = medha in adj. use; only in cpd. dum-
medhin ( = dum-medha) foolish, ignorant Dh 26 (bala
dummedhino jana ; =nippanna Dh.\ 1.237).
Meraya (nt.) [Epic Sk. maireya, cp. Halayudha 2, 175
(Aufrecht p. 314) ; prob. dial.] a sort of intoxicating
liquor, spirits, rum, usually comb"* with sura. D 1.146-
166; M 1.238: Pug 55; Dh 247; J
1V.117 (pupph-
asav-adi, i. e. made fr. flowers, cp. def" dhatakl-puspaguda-dhany-amla-sanskrtag
by Madhava, Halay. p.
314), Five kinds are given by Dhpala at VvA 73,
viz. pupph-asava, phal' asava, madhv". gul", sambharasagyutta.
Merita in bhayamerita J 1v.424sv.359 is to be read as
bhaya-m-erita driven by fear ; there is no need to
change it with Kern, Toev. to perita.
Mella [dial, or uncertain reading?] citron ( = matulunga)
J III. 3 19 (gloss bella).
Mokkha' [late Vedic & Epic Sk, moksa. fr, mac, see
mui\cati. Dhtp 539 mokkha = mocana ; Dhtm 731 =
moca] I. (lit.) release, freedom from, in bandhana m.
D i.73 = M 1.276. — 2. (fig.) release, deliverance, salvation
Vbh 426 (jara-marana° from old age & death)
DhA 1.4 ("magga-Fsagga-magga, the way to heaven
& salvation), 89, 90 ("dhamma = salvation) Mhvs 5, 61.
— 3. (lit.) (act.) letting loose, emission, uttering (of
speech) J 1.375. — 4. it may (& prob. ought to) be
taken as adj. (=*moksya, grd. of Cans, of muc) at
Sn 773 (ariiia". either=i, as "deliverance for others,"
or = 4, as "to be delivered by others." Udhgh at Sn.\
516 gives both cxpl"^ : aiine mocctui] (na) sakkonti.
karan^i-vacanay va ctag : aiiiiena mocetabba (na) honti).
Mokkha^ (adj.) [fr. mukha 6; Vrddhi form= •maukhya"
the headmost, first, foremost, in series aggo seffho m.
utlamn .\ 11.95, where the customary tradition reads
pamokkha (see under maha & cp. Nd'' 502A).
Mokkhaka = mokkha- ; thus we should read at J 1.441 for
mukkhaka.
Mokkhacika (m, or °a f.) [see on attempt at etym. Morris
in J. P.T.S. 1885, 49 who takes mokkha as fr. muc
tumbling" cS: cika = " turning " fr. cak = cik. The
word remains obscure, it must be a dialectical e.xpression,
distorted by popular analogy & taken perhaps