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Mokkhati i66 Morini
from a designation of a place where these feats or toys
had their origin. More probable than Morris' etynt.
is an analysis of the word (if it is Aryan) as mokkha =
mokkha^, in meaning " head, top," so that it may mean
" head over." top-first " & we have to separate *mok-
khac-ika the °ika representing °iya " in the manner of,
like " & -ac being the adv. of direction as contained in
Sk. praiic= pra-anc] tumbling, turning somersaults, an
acrobatic feat ; in list of forbidden amusements at
D 1.6 (op. DA 1.86 ; samparivattaka-kilanar|, i. e. playing
with something that rolls along, continuously turning ?
The foil, sentence however seems to imply turning
" akase va dandar) gahetva bhumiyar)
head over heels :
va sisar) thapetva hetth-upariya (so read!) -bhivena
parivattana-kilanai) " ; i. e. trapeze-performing. Cp.
Dial. I. ID & Vin. Texts 11.184). The list re-occurs at
Vin 11. 10 (°aya : f. ! kilanti) ; iii.iSo; M 1.266 SS and A
V.J03 (with important v. 1. mokkhatika, which would
'mply mokkha & ending tiy^, and not °cika at all.
The Cy. on this passage expl* as ; dandakar) gahetva
hetth-uppariya {sic. as DA 1.86; correct to upariya ?)
-bhavena parivattana-kilanar)). The word is found also
at Vin 1.275, where the boy of a Setthi in Baranasi
contracts injuries to his intestines by " mokkhacikaya
kilanto," playing (with a) m. — According to its
use with kilati & in instr. mokkhacikena (Nd^ 219)
may be either a sort of game or an instrument (toy),
with which children play.
Mokkhati see under muficati.
Mogha (adj.) [the Vedic mogha for the later Sk. moha,
which is the P. noun moha ; fr. muh. BSk. mohapurusa
e. g. at Av§ 11. 177 ; MVastu 111.440] empty, vain,
useless, stupid, foolish D 1.187 (opp. to sacca), 199;
Sn 354 ; Dh 260 ("jinna grown old in vain ; C. expl' as
tuccha-jinna DhA in. 388) ; DhA
i.iio (patthana a
futile wish); PvA 194. — Opp. amogha S 1.232;
J VI. 26 ; DhA 11.34 (°0 ta-ssa jivitar) ; not in vain),
-purisa a stupid or dense fellow Vin iv.126, 144.
Moca^ [cp. *Sk. moca & moca] the plantain or banana tree'
Musa sapientum Vin 1.246 (°pana drink made fr. M. s. ;
one of the 8 permitted drinks) ; J iv.iSi ; v. 405, 465.
Hoca^ [root-noun of moc, Caus. of muc] delivery, setting
free Dhtm 631, 751, where Dhtp in same context reads
mocana.
Mocana (nt.) [fr. moceti] i. setting free, delivering DhA
III. 199 (parissaya°) ; Dhtp 376, 539 ; Dhtm 609. Cp.
moca''. — 2. letting loose, discharging, in assu° shedding
tears PvA 18. Cp. vi".
Mocaya (adj.) [quasi grd. formation fr. moceti] to be
freed, able to escape, in dum° difficult to obtain freedom
J V1.234.
Mocapana (nt.) [fr. Caus. II. mocapeti] causing one's
freedom, deliverance J vi.134.
Mocetar [M. ag. fr. moceti] one who sets free, a deliverer
Ndi 32.
Moceti [Caus. of muilcati] i. to deliver, set free, release
cause one's release or deliverance from (abl.). imper.
praes. mocehi Pv 11. i' (duggatiya) ; PvA 12 ; aor. mocesi
PvA 112 (dasavyato) ger. ; mocetva PvA 8, 77; inf.
mocetui) PvA 45 (petalokato). — 2. to discharge, emit
(semen in coitu) Vin 111.36, 39 (as Caus II.), i lo. — 3. to
let loose, set into motion, stir : padar] m. to run J in. 33.
— 4. to discharge, fulfil : patifiiiar) one's promise DhA
1.93. — 5. to unharness DhA 1.67. — 6. to detach
S 1.44. — Caus. II. mocapeti to cause to be freed, to
give freedom, to let loose Vin iv.316 (opp. bandliapeti).
Mota [BSk. mota, Prk. mrda : Pischel § 166, 238] see
mutoli.
Motar [n. ag. fr. munati, more likely direct der. fr. muta,
pp. of man, q. v.] one who feels (or senses) that which
can be felt (or sensed), in phrase " mutar) na maiiiiati
motabbag (so read) na mafmati motarag " he does not
identify what is sensed with that which is not sensed,
nor with what is to be sensed (motabba) nor with him
who senses A 11.25 ; where motar & motabba correspond
to sotar & sotabba & datthar & datthabba. The
word does not occur in the similar passage M 1.3.
Modaka [cp. Epic. Sk. modaka in meaning i] i. a sort of
sweetmeat S 1.148 ; A 1.130 ; in. 76 ; Pug 32 ; PvA 4. —
2. receptacle for a letter, an envelope, wrapper or such
like J VI. 385 (pannar) "assa anto pakkhipitva). May,
however, be same as i
Uodati [mud, cp. Vedic moda joy Dhtp 146: tose] to
rejoice, to enjoy oneself, to be happy A in. 40 ; Sn 561 ;
Pv 1.5^; II. i^'. — pp. mudita (q. v.). For mohayamana
at DhA 1.275 the better reading is modayamana
rejoicing, a ppr. med.
Modana (nt.) [fr. mud] satisfaction, rejoicing Sdhp 229.
Cp. sam".
Modana (f.) [fr. mud] blending (?) ; Cy. expl" at DhsA 143
of term amodana.
Modara: In modara at J v.54 (of elephant's teeth) Kern,
Toev. s. V. sees a miswriting for medura (full of, beset
with), which however does not occur in Pali. The C.
expl° is " samantato obhasento," i. e. shining.
Mona (nt.) [fr. muni, equal to *maunya taken by Nd as
root of moneyya] wisdom, character, self-possession Sn
540 (°patha= iiana-patha SnA 435), 718,
Nd^ 514 A = ( nana & panha) ; Th i,
723; Nd' 57;
168 (what is
monissar) ? fut. i"' sg. of ?).
Moneyya (nt.) [fr. muni, cp. Vedic moneya] state of a
muni, muni-hood ; good character, moral perfection.
This is always represented as 3 fold, viz. kaya", vaci°,
mano° (see under muni), e. g. at D in. 220 ; A 1.273;
Nd' 57 ;
514 A (where also used as adj. : moneyya
Nddhamraa
properties of a perfect character). Cp. also
Sn 484, 698, 700 sq. On moneyya-kolahala (forebodings
of the highest wisdom) see the latter.
Momuha (adj.) [intens.-redupl. formation fr. moha &
muh] dull, silly, stupid, infatuated, bewildered (cp.
Cpd. 83') D 1.27; A in. 164 sq. ; Sn 840, 841, 1120;
Nd^ 153 ( = manda), 192; Nd^ 521 ( = avidva etc.);
Pug 65.
Momuhatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. nomiiha] silliness, foolishness,
bewilderment of the mind M 1.520 ; A ni.ii9, 191, 219
69.
(= mandatta) ; Pug
Mora [the contracted, regular P. form of *Sk. maj'ura,
via *ma-ura>mora. See also Geiger, P.Gr. § 27 &
Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 166. — Vedic only mayuri f. pea-hen]
a peacock J n.275 ("upasevin, see C. on this passage);
VI. 218, 497; PvA 142; DhA 1.394. A peacock's tail
(sometimes used as a fan) is denoted in var. terms in
cpds., as mora-kalapa DhA 1.387; -piccha Vin 1.186;
-pincha Vin 11.130; -pinja PvA 142, 176; VvA 147;
-sikali (?) KhA 49; -hattha Vv 33" = ( mayura-piujehi
kataij makasa-vijanir)) 111.1^'. Perhaps also as
;
Pv
morakkha " a peacock's eye "
khaka loha, a kind of copper,
at VbhA 63 (morak-
grouped with pisacaloha).
It is more likely however that morakkha is
distorted fr. "mauryaka, patronymic of mura, a local
(tribal) designation (cp. murala), then by pop. etyra.
connected with mora peacock. With this cp. Sk.
moraka " a kind of steel " BR.
MoragU [cp. (scientific) Sk. mayuraka] a tender grass
(Achyranthes aspera) Vin 1.196.
Morini (f.) [fr. mora] a peahen Miln 67.