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Concise Pali-English Dictionary
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera

 

 

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maṃsa

: [nt.] flesh.

maṃsapuñja

: [m.] a slice of flesh.

maṃsapesi

: [f.] a slice of flesh.

makaci

: [m.] the bow-string hemp.

makacivattha

: [nt.] a canvas.

makacivāka

: [nt.] the fibre of the makaci plant.

makara

: [m.] a sea-monster; a sword-fish.

makaradantaka

: [nt.] a design in the shape of a flower.

makaranda

: [m.] the nectar of a flower.

makasa

: [m.] a mosquito.

makasavāraṇa

: [nt.] mosquito net.

makuṭa

: [m.; nt.] crest; crown; a coronet.

makula

: [nt.] bud; a knob.

makkaṭa

: [m.] a monkey.

makkaṭaka

: [m.] a spider.

makkaṭasutta

: [nt.] spider's thread.

makkaṭī

: [f.] a female monkey.

makkha

: [m.] depreciation of another's worth.

makkhaṇa

: [nt.] smearing; anointing with.

makkhikā

: [f.] a fly.

makkhita

: [pp. of makkheti] smeared; anointed; rubbed off.

makkhī

: [m.] one who depreciates another's worth.

makkheti

: [makkh + e] smears; anoints; rubs off.

makkhetvā

: [abs. of makkheti] having smeared; having anointed; having rubbed off.

makkhesi

: [aor. of makkheti] smeared; anointed; rubbed off.

maga

: [m.] a quadruped.

magadha

: [m.] the country of Magadha, which includes present Bihar and Orissa. || māgadha (adj.) belonging to Magadha.

magasira

: name of a constellation. || māgasira (m.) name of a month, December-January.

magga

: [m.] oath; road; way.

maggakilanta

: [adj.] wearied by walking.

maggakusala

: [adj.] one who knows the road well.

maggakkhāyī

: [adj.] one who shows a right path.

maggaṅga

: [nt.] the constituent of the path, viz. right view, right aspiration, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right rapture.

maggañāṇa

: [nt.] knowledge of the path.

maggaññū

: [adj.] one who knows the path.

maggaṭṭha

: [adj.] one who on the road or who has attained the path.

maggati

: [mag + a] seeks; tracks; traces out. || maññati (man + ya), imagines; is of opinion; deems.

maggadūsī

: [m.] a highway robber.

maggadesaka

: [adj.] one who points out the way.

maggana

: [nt.] search; tracing out. || magganā (f.) search; tracing out. maññanā (f.), imagination; illusion.

maggapaṭipanna

: [adj.] a traveller; one who entered the path.

maggabhāvanā

: [f.] cultivation of the path.

maggamūḷha

: [adj.] one who has lost the way.

maggavidū

: [adj.] one who knows the path.

maggasacca

: [nt.] the truth concerning the path.

maggi

: [aor. of maggati] sought; tracked; traced out. || maññi (aor. of maññati), imagined; deemed.

maggika

: [m.] a wayfarer.

maggita

: [pp. of maggati] sought; tracked; traced out. || maññita (pp. of maññati), imagined; deemed. (nt.) imagination; illusion.

maggitvā

: [abs. of maggati] having sought; having tracked; having traced out. || maññitvā (abs. of maññati), having imagined; having deemed.

maggeti

: [mag + e] seeks; tracks; traces out.

maghavantu

: [m.] an epithet of Sakka.

maṅku

: [adj.] confused; downcast; in low spirits.

maṅkubhāva

: [m.] moral weakness; downcastness.

maṅkubhūta

: [adj.] silent; downcast.

maṅgala

: [adj.] auspicious; royal; lucky; festive. (nt.), festivity; good omen; ceremony; prosperity.

maṅgalaassa

: [m.] state horse.

maṅgalakicca

: [nt.] maṅgalakicca

maṅgalakolāhala

: [m.] dispute about auspicious things or acts.

maṅgaladivasa

: [m.] a festive day; the day of marriage.

maṅgalapokkharaṇī

: [f.] royal bathing pond.

maṅgalasindhava

: [m.] state horse.

maṅgalasilāpaṭṭa

: [nt.] a slab used by a king to sit on.

maṅgalasupina

: [nt.] a lucky dream.

maṅgalassa

: [m.] state horse.

maṅgalahatthī

: [m.] state elephant.

maṅgura

: [m.] a kind of river fish. (adj.), of dark yellow colour.

macca

: [m.] a man.

maccu

: [m.] death; the Death.

maccutara

: [adj.] one who overcomes death.

maccudheyya

: [nt.] the sphere of Death.

maccuparāyaṇa

: [adj.] subject to death.

maccupareta

: [adj.] subject to death.

maccupāsa

: [m.] the snare of Death.

maccumukha

: [nt.] the mouth of Death.

maccurāja

: [m.] the king of death.

maccuvasa

: [m.] the power of death.

maccuhāyī

: [adj.] victorious over death.

maccha

: [m.] a fish.

macchagumba

: [m.] shawl of fish.

macchaṇḍa

: [nt.] fish-egg.

macchaṇḍī

: [f.] a kind of sugar having the appearance of fish-eggs.

macchabandha

: [m.] a fisherman.

macchamaṃsa

: [nt.] fish and flesh.

macchara

: [nt.] avarice; niggardliness.

maccharāyati

: [deno. from macchariya] is selfish, greedy or miserly.

macchariya

: [nt.] avarice; niggardliness.

maccharī

: [m.] a miser.

macchī

: [f.] a she-fish.

macchera

: [nt.] avarice; niggardliness.

majja

: [nt.] an intoxicant.

majjati

: [maj + ya] intoxicated. (maj + a), polishes; wipes; cleans.

majjana

: [nt.] an intoxicant, negligence. || majjanā (f.) polishing; wiping; stroking.

majjanta

: [pr.p. of majjati] intoxicating; polishing.

majjapa

: [adj.] one drinks strong drinks.

majjapāna

: [nt.] drinking of liquors; (nt.), an intoxicating drink.

majjapāyī

: [adj.] one drinks strong drinks.

majjavikkayī

: [m.] seller of spirits.

majjāra

: [m.] a cat.

majjārī

: [f.] a she-cat.

majji

: [aor. of majjati] intoxicated; polished; wiped; cleaned.

majjita

: [pp. of majjati] intoxicated; polished; wiped; cleaned.

majjitvā

: [abs. of majjati] having intoxicated; having polished; having wiped.

majjha

: [m.] the middle; the waist. (adj.), middle.

majjhaṭṭha

: [adj.] neutral; impartial; indifferent.

majjhaṇha

: [m.] the noon; midday.

majjhatta

: [adj.] neutral; impartial; indifferent.

majjhattatā

: [f.] impartiality; equanimity.

majjhadesa

: [m.] the middle country.

majjhantika

: [m.] the midday.

majjhantikasamaya

: [m.] the midday.

majjhima

: [adj.] middle; medium; moderate; central.

majjhimadesa

: [m.] the middle country including the Ganges basin.

majjhimapurisa

: [m.] a man of moderate height; the second person in grammar.

majjhimayāma

: [m.] the middle portion of the night.

majjhimavaya

: [m.] the middle age.

mañca

: [m.] a bed.

mañcaka

: [m.] a small bed.

mañcaparāyaṇa

: [adj.] confined to bed.

mañcapīṭha

: [nt.] beds and chairs; furniture.

mañcavāna

: [nt.] the netting of a bed.

mañjarī

: [f.] a bunch of cluster.

mañjiṭṭha

: [adj.] crimson. || mañjiṭṭhā (f.) the red sanders tree, seeds of which are used as a jeweller's weight.

mañju

: [adj.] charming; lovely.

mañjubhāṇaka

: [adj.] sweet voiced; speaking sweetly.

mañjussara

: [adj.] sweet voiced; speaking sweetly.

mañjūsaka

: [m.] a celestial tree.

mañjūsā

: [f.] a casket; box.

mañjeṭṭha

: [adj.] crimson.

mañjeṭṭhī

: [f.] the Bengal madder.

maññamāna

: [pr.p. of maññati] imagining; deeming.

maññe

: [ind.] methinks; I imagine.

maṭṭasāṭaka

: [nt.] a fine cloth.

maṭṭha

: [pp. of majjati] intoxicated; polished; wiped; cleaned. (adj.), smoothed; polished.

maṇi

: [m.] a gem; jewel.

maṇika

: [m.] 1. a big jar; 2. a bracelet made of glass, etc.

maṇikāra

: [m.] gem-cutter.

maṇikuṇḍala

: [nt.] jewelled earring.

maṇikkhandha

: [m.] a tremendous jewel.

maṇipallaṅka

: [m.] a jewel seat.

maṇibandha

: [m.] the wrist.

maṇimaya

: [adj.] made of precious stones.

maṇiratana

: [nt.] a valuable gem.

maṇivaṇṇa

: [adj.] of the colour of crystal.

maṇisappa

: [m.] a kind of green snake.

maṇḍa

: [m.] the best part (of milk, etc.). (adj.), very clear.

maṇḍana

: [nt.] adornment; decoration.

maṇḍanajātika

: [adj.] desirous of adornment.

maṇḍapa

: [m.] temporary shed or pavilion.

maṇḍamāla

: [m.] a circular pavilion.

maṇḍala

: [nt.] a circle; disk; round platform; circus ring; a round flat surface.

maṇḍalamāla

: [m.] a circular pavilion.

maṇḍalika

: [adj.] belonging to a circle or a small country.

maṇḍalissara

: [m.; adj.] governor of province.

maṇḍalī

: [adj.] having a disk; circular.

maṇḍita

: [pp. of maṇḍeti] adorned; decorated.

maṇḍuka

: [m.] a frog.

maṇḍeti

: [maṇḍ + e] adorns; decorates.

maṇḍetvā

: [abs. of maṇḍeti] having adorned; having decorated.

maṇḍesi

: [aor. of maṇḍeti] adorned; decorated.

mata

: [pp. of maññati] know; understand. (pp. of marati), died. (nt.) a view. (pp. of marati) dead.

mataka

: [m.] the deceased.

matakabhatta

: [nt.] food offered for the dead.

matakavattha

: [nt.] cloth offered for the dead.

matakicca

: [nt.] rites for the dead.

mati

: [f.] wisdom; idea.

matimantu

: [adj.] wise.

mativippahīna

: [adj.] foolish.

matta

: [pp. of majjati] was intoxicated; full of joy; proud of; conceited; polished. (- ka), (in cpds.) of the size of; as much as. || mattā (f.), a measure; quantity; moderation; size. maṭṭa (adj.) smoothed; polished.

mattaññutā

: [f.] moderation.

mattaññū

: [adj.] knowing the measure or limit; moderate.

mattahatthī

: [m.] a rutted elephant.

mattāsukha

: [nt.] limited happiness.

mattikapatta

: [m.] earthern bowl.

mattikā

: [f.] clay; soil.

mattikāpiṇḍa

: [m.] a lump of clay.

mattikābhājana

: [nt.] earthenware (vessel).

mattigha

: [m.] a matricide.

matteyya

: [adj.] respecting one's mother.

matteyyatā

: [f.] filial love towards one's mother.

matthaka

: [m.] the head; top; summit. (loc.) upon; at the distance of.

matthaluṅga

: [nt.] the brain.

matthu

: [nt.] the water separated from the curd.

mathati

: [math + a] shakes about; churns; disturbs.

mathana

: [nt.] churning; disturbance.

mathi

: [aor. of mathati] shook about; churned; disturbed.

mathita

: [pp. of mathati] shook about; churned; disturbed.

mathitvā

: [abs. of mathati] having shaken about; having distrubed.

mada

: [m.] pride; intoxication; conceit; sexual excess.

madana

: [m.] the God of love. (nt.), intoxication.

madanīya

: [adj.] intoxicating; causing attachment.

madirā

: [f.] liquor made from cereals.

maddati

: [madd + a] crushes; tramples on; subjugates.

maddana

: [nt.] crushing; trampling; threshing.

maddanta

: [pr.p. of maddati] crushing; trampling on; subjugating.

maddava

: [nt.] softness; mildness; a soft thing. (adj.), mild; gentle; soft.

maddi

: [aor. of maddati] crushed; trampled on; subjugated.

maddita

: [pp. of maddati] crushed; trampled on; subjugated.

madditvā

: [abs. of maddati] having crushed; having trampled on; having subjugated.

maddiya

: [abs. of maddati] having crushed; having trampled on; having subjugated.

madhu

: [nt.] honey; wine made from the blossom of Bassia Latifolia.

madhuka

: [m.] the tree Bassia Latifolia. || madhukā (f.) liquorice.

madhukara

: [m.] a bee.

madhugaṇḍa

: [m.] a honeycomb.

madhupa

: [m.] a bee; sucker of honey.

madhupaṭala

: [m.] a honeycomb.

madhupiṇḍikā

: [f.] a ball of flour mixed with honey.

madhubbata

: [m.] a bee.

madhumakkhita

: [adj.] smeared with honey.

madhumeha

: [m.] diabetes.

madhura

: [adj.] sweet. (nt.) sweet thing.

madhurakajāta

: [adj.] weak and stiff.

madhuratā

: [f.] sweetness.

madhuratta

: [nt.] sweetness.

madhurassara

: [adj.] having a sweet voice.

madhulaṭṭhikā

: [f.] liquorice.

madhulāja

: [m.] fried corn mixed with honey.

madhulīha

: [m.] a bee.

madhussava

: [adj.] dripping with honey.

madhvāsava

: [m.] wine from the flowers of Bassia.

mana

: [m.; nt.] mind; consciousness. (in cpds. it takes the form mano). || māna (nt.), measure; measurement. (m.) pride; conceit.

mana

: [ind.] nearly; well-nigh; almost; somewhat.

manakkāra

: [m.] ideation; consideration.

manatā

: [f.] (in cpds.), mentality. attamanatā = joyful mentality.

manana

: [nt.] thinking. || mānana (nt.), paying honour or respect.

manasikata

: [pp. of manasikaroti] kept in mind; thought over.

manasikatvā

: [abs. of manasikaroti] having kept in mind; having thought over.

manasikari

: [aor. of manasikaroti] kept in mind; thought over.

manasikaritvā

: [abs. of manasikaroti] having kept in mind; having thought over.

manasikaroti

: [manasi + kar + o] keeps in mind; thinks over.

manasikaronta

: [pr.p. of manasikaroti] keeping in mind; thinking over.

manasikātabba

: [pt.p. of manasikaroti] should be kept in mind.

manasikātu

: [inf.] to think about.

manasikāra

: [m.] ideation; consideration.

manāpa

: [adj.] pleasing; charming.

manāpika

: [adj.] pleasing; charming.

manuja

: [m.] a human being.

manujādhipa

: [m.] lord of men, a king.

manujinda

: [m.] lord of men, a king.

manuñña

: [adj.] delightful; pleasant.

manussa

: [m.] a human being.

manussatta

: [nt.] human existence; humanity.

manussabhāva

: [m.] state of human being.

manussabhūta

: [adj.] one who has become a man.

manussaloka

: [m.] human world.

manesikā

: [f.] thought-reading.

mano

: (from taken by mana in cpds.)

manokamma

: [nt.] mental action.

manojava

: [adj.] swift as thought.

manoduccarita

: [nt.] the bad mentality.

manodvāra

: [nt.] the threshold of consciousness.

manodhātu

: [f.] the ideational faculty.

manopadosa

: [m.] ill-will.

manopasāda

: [m.] devotional feeling.

manopubbaṅgamā

: [adj.] directed by mind.

manomaya

: [adj.] mind made.

manoratha

: [m.] wish.

manorama

: [adj.] delightful.

manoviññāṇa

: [nt.] the mind cognition.

manoviññeyya

: [adj.] to be comprehended by the mind.

manovitakka

: [m.] a thought.

manosilā

: [f.] red arsenic.

manohara

: [adj.] charming; captivating.

manta

: [nt.] a charm; spell; incantation.

mantajjhāyaka

: [adj.] one who studies the Holy Incantations.

mantadhara

: [adj.] bearer of Vedic charms.

mantana

: [nt.] consultation; discussion. || mantanā (f.) consultation; discussion.

mantayati

: [v.] consults.

mantayamāna

: [pr.p. of manteti] consulting; taking counsel; discussing.

mantita

: [pp. of manteti] consulted; taken counsel; discussed.

mantinī

: [f.] a woman councillor.

mantī

: [m.] a counsellor; a minister.

mantu

: [m.] one who imagines.

manteti

: [mant + e] consults; takes counsel; discusses.

mantetu

: [inf. of manteti] to consult; to take counsel; to discuss.

mantetvā

: [abs. of manteti] having consulted; having taken counsel; having discussed.

mantenta

: [pr.p. of manteti] consulting; taking counsel; discussing.

mantesi

: [aor. of manteti] consulted; took counsel; discussed.

mantha

: [m.] churning stick; parched corn-flour.

manthara

: [m.] a tortoise.

manda

: [adj.] slow; dull; lazy; foolish; yielding a little. (nt.) a little.

manda

: [adv.] slowly; little by little.

mandatā

: [f.] reduced state; slowness; stupidity.

mandatta

: [nt.] reduced state; slowness; stupidity.

mandamanda

: [adv.] slowly; little by little.

mandākinī

: [f.] name of a great lake, and of a river.

mandāmukhī

: [f.] a coal-pan.

mandāra

: [m.] name of a mountain.

mandiya

: [nt.] stupidity; slackness.

mandira

: [nt.] a mansion; a palace.

mamaṅkāra

: [m.] selfish attachment.

mamatta

: [nt.] selfish attachment.

mamāyati

: [deno. from mama] is attached to; cherishes.

mamāyanā

: [f.] selfish attachment.

mamāyanta

: [pr.p. of mamāyati] cherishing.

mamāyi

: [aor. of mamāyati] cherished.

mamāyita

: [pp. of mamāyati] cherished.

mamāyitvā

: [abs. of mamāyati] having cherished.

mamma

: [nt.] a vital spot of the body; a nerve centre.

mammacchedaka

: [adj.] wounding a vital spot; very harsh or fatal.

mammaṭṭhāna

: [nt.] a vital spot of the body; a nerve centre.

mammana

: [adj.] one who stammers.

maya

: [nom. plu. of amha] we.

mayūkha

: [m.] a ray of light.

mayūra

: [m.] peacock.

maraṇa

: [nt.] death. || māraṇa (nt.), killing.

maraṇakāla

: [m.] time of death.

maraṇacetanā

: [f.] intention to kill.

maraṇadhamma

: [adj.] subject to death.

maraṇanta

: [adj.] having death as its end.

maraṇapariyosāna

: [adj.] having death as its end.

maraṇabhaya

: [nt.] fear of death.

maraṇamañcaka

: [m.] death-bed.

maraṇamukha

: [nt.] the mouth of Death.

maraṇavasa

: [m.] power of the death.

maraṇasati

: [f.] meditation on death.

maraṇasamaya

: [m.] time of death.

marati

: [mar + a] dies.

maranta

: [pr.p. of marati] dying.

maramāna

: [pr.p. of marati] dying.

mari

: [aor. of marati] died.

marica

: [nt.] pepper; chillies.

maritabba

: [pt.p. of marati] should be died.

maritu

: [inf. of marati] to die.

maritvā

: [abs. of marati] having died.

mariyādā

: [f.] boundary; limit.

marīci

: [f.] a ray of light; mirage.

marīcikā

: [f.] mirage.

marīcidhamma

: [adj.] equal to mirage; unsubstantial.

maru

: [f.] sand; a sandy waste. (m.), a deity.

marumba

: [nt.] pebbles.

mala

: [nt.] impurity; stain; rust; dirt; dung. || māla (m.) a circular enclosure; a round yard. mālā (f.) a garland; wreath; flowers; a string of.

malatara

: [adj.] more dirty or impure.

malina

: [adj.] dirty; stained; impure. (nt.), impurity.

malinaka

: [adj.] dirty; stained; impure. (nt.), impurity.

malla

: [m.] a wrestler; a man of the Malla clan.

mallaka

: [m.] a vessel; a receiver.

mallayuddha

: [nt.] wrestling contest.

mallikā

: [f.] the (Arabian), jasmine.

masāragalla

: [nt.] a kind of precious stone.

masi

: [m.] soot; charcoal dust.

massu

: [nt.] the beard.

massuka

: [adj.] having a beard.

massukamma

: [nt.] beard-dressing.

massukaraṇa

: [nt.] beard-dressing.

maha

: [m.] a religious festival. || mahā (mahanta becomes mahā in compounds; the last vowel ā is often shortened euphonically.)

mahaggata

: [adj.] become great; lofty.

mahaggha

: [adj.] very costly.

mahagghatā

: [f.] costliness.

mahagghasa

: [adj.] eating much; gluttonous.

mahaṇṇava

: [m.] the great ocean.

mahati

: [mah + a] honours; reveres. || mahatī (f.) great; big; extensive.

mahatta

: [nt.] greatness.

mahaddhana

: [adj.] having great riches.

mahanīya

: [adj.] respectable.

mahanta

: [adj.] great; big; extensive.

mahantabhāva

: [m.] greatness.

mahantara

: [adj.] greater; more extensive.

mahantī

: [f.] great; big; extensive.

mahapphala

: [adj.] rich in result.

mahapphalatara

: [adj.] having more great results.

mahabbala

: [adj.] having a great power or strong force. (nt.) a great strength or army.

mahabbhaya

: [nt.] great fear.

mahallaka

: [adj.] old. (m.), an old man.

mahallakatara

: [adj.] older.

mahallikā

: [f.] old woman.

mahā-upāsaka

: [m.] a great follower of the Buddha.

mahā-upāsikā

: [f.] a great female devotee.

mahākathāna

: [nt.] a number with 134 cyphers.

mahākaruṇā

: [f.] great compassion.

mahākāya

: [adj.] having a fat or big body.

mahāgaṇa

: [m.] a great community.

mahāgaṇī

: [m.] having many followers.

mahājana

: [m.] the public.

mahājanakāya

: [m.] a great multitude of people.

mahātaṇha

: [adj.] very greedy.

mahātala

: [nt.] a large flat roof on the top of a palace.

mahādhana

: [nt.] immense wealth.

mahānaraka

: [m.] the great hell.

mahānasa

: [nt.] the kitchen.

mahānāga

: [m.] a big elephant.

mahāniraya

: [m.] the great hell.

mahānubbāva

: [adj.] of great majesty.

mahāpañña

: [adj.] very wise.

mahāpatha

: [m.] high road.

mahāpitu

: [m.] father's elder brother.

mahāpurisa

: [m.] a great man.

mahābandhana

: [nt.] strong bondage.

mahābhūta

: [nt.] the four great elements.

mahābhoga

: [adj.] having great wealth.

mahāmagga

: [m.] highway; main road.

mahāmacca

: [m.] a chief minister.

mahāmati

: [m.] a great wise man.

mahāmatta

: [m.] a chief minister.

mahāmuni

: [m.] the great sage.

mahāmegha

: [m.] a shower.

mahāyañña

: [m.] a great sacrifice.

mahāyasa

: [adj.] of great fame.

mahāyāga

: [m.] a great sacrifice.

mahāraha

: [adj.] very precious; costly; much valuable.

mahārāja

: [m.] a great king.

mahālatāpasādhana

: [nt.] a ladies' parure called "great creeper".

mahāvīra

: [m.] great hero.

mahāsatta

: [m.] the great being.

mahāsamaṇa

: [m.] the Great Recluse.

mahāsamudda

: [m.] the ocean.

mahāsara

: [nt.] a great lake. || mahāsāra (adj.), having immense wealth.

mahāsāla

: [adj.] having immense wealth.

mahāsāvaka

: [m.] a great disciple.

mahi

: [aor. of mahati] honoured; revered. || mahī (f.) the earth; name of a river.

mahikā

: [f.] the frost.

mahiccha

: [adj.] greedy.

mahicchatā

: [f.] greediness.

mahita

: [pp. of mahati] honoured; revered.

mahitvā

: [abs. of mahati] having honoured; having revered.

mahiddhika

: [adj.] of great magical power.

mahinda

: [m.] a personal name; the chief of gods.

mahilā

: [f.] a woman.

mahisa

: [m.] a buffalo.

mahisamaṇḍala

: [nt.] name of a country, present Mysore.

mahissara

: [m.] a great lord; the God Isvara.

mahītala

: [nt.] the surface of the earth.

mahīdhara

: [m.] a mountain.

mahīpati

: [m.] a king.

mahīpāla

: [m.] a king.

mahīruha

: [m.] a tree.

mahesakkha

: [adj.] influential; possessing great power.

mahesi

: [(mahā + isi), m.] the great sage. || mahesī (f.) a queen.

mahogha

: [m.] great flood.

mahodadhi

: [m.] the ocean.

mahodara

: [adj.] having a big belly.

mahoraga

: [m.] a king of Nāgas.

: [a prohibitive particle] do not. (m.) the moon.

māgadhaka

: [adj.] belonging to Magadha.

māgadhī

: [f.] the language of Magadha.

māgavika

: [m.] a huntsman.

māgha

: [m.] name of a month, January-February.

māghāta

: [m.] non-killing order.

māṇa

: [nt.] measure; measurement. (m.), pride; conceit.

māṇava

: [m.] a young man.

māṇavaka

: [m.] a young man.

māṇavikā

: [f.] a maiden.

māṇavī

: [f.] a maiden.

mātaṅga

: [m.] an elephant; a low-caste man.

mātalī

: [m.] name of Indra's charioteer.

mātāpitu

: [m.] parents; the mother and the father.

mātāpettika

: [adj.] come from father and mother.

mātāpettibhara

: [adj.] supporting one's parents.

mātāmaha

: [m.] mother's father.

mātāmahī

: [f.] mother's mother.

mātika

: [adj.] connected with mother. || mātikā (f.), a water course; a table of contents; the code of Patimokkha.

mātipakkha

: [m.] mother's side.

mātu

: [f.] mother.

mātukucchi

: [m.] mother's womb.

mātugāma

: [m.] a woman.

mātughāta

: [m.] matricide.

mātughātaka

: [m.] matricide.

mātucchā

: [f.] mother's sister.

mātupaṭṭhāna

: [(mātu + upaṭṭhāna) nt.] looking after one's mother.

mātuposaka

: [adj.] supporting one's mother.

mātula

: [m.] maternal uncle.

mātulānī

: [f.] maternal uncle's wife.

mātuluṅga

: [m.] the citron.

mādisa

: [adj.] one like me.

mānakūṭa

: [m.] a false measure.

mānatthaddha

: [m.] stubborn in pride.

mānada

: [adj.] inspiring respect.

mānasa

: [nt.] mind; intention. (adj.), (in cpds.) having the intention of.

mānita

: [pp. of māneti] honoured; revered; thought highly.

mānī

: [m.] one who is proud.

mānusa

: [adj.] human (m.), a man.

mānusaka

: [adj.] human.

mānusatta

: [nt.] human state.

mānusika

: [adj.] existing in the human world.

mānusī

: [f.] a woman.

māneti

: [mān + e] honours; reveres; thinks highly.

mānetvā

: [abs. of māneti] having honoured; having revered; having thought highly.

mānenta

: [pr.p. of māneti] honouring; revering; thinking highly.

mānesi

: [aor. of māneti] honoured; revered; thought highly.

māpaka

: [m.] the Creator; constructor.

māpika

: [pp. of māpeti] built; constructed; created.

māpita

: [pp. of māpeti] created.

māpeti

: [mā + āpe] builds; constructs; creates; causes to appear by supernatural power.

māpetvā

: [abs. of māpeti] having built; having constructed; having created.

māpesi

: [aor. of māpeti] built; constructed; created.

māmaka

: [adj.] devoted to; loving.

māyā

: [f.] fraud; deceit; magic; jugglery.

māyākāra

: [m.] a juggler.

māyāvī

: [adj.] deceitful; hypocritical; a magician.

māra

: [m.] the Evil One; the tempter; death personified.

māraka

: [adj.] bringing death; one who kills.

mārakāyika

: [adj.] belonging to the group of Māra deities.

māradheyya

: [nt.] the realm of Māra.

mārabandhana

: [nt.] the fetter of Death.

mārasenā

: [f.] the army of Māra.

mārāpana

: [nt.] causing to be killed.

mārāpita

: [pp. of mārāpeti] caused to be killed.

mārāpeti

: [caus. of māreti] causes to be killed.

mārāpetvā

: [abs. of mārāpeti] having caused to be killed.

mārāpenta

: [pr.p. of mārāpeti] causing to be killed.

mārita

: [pp. of māreti] killed.

māriyamāna

: [pr.p.p.] being killed.

mārisa

: [adj.] (found only in voc.) Sir, Sirs.

māruta

: [m.] the wind.

māreti

: [mar + e] kills.

māretu

: [m.] killer.

māretu

: [inf. of māreti] to kill.

māretvā

: [abs. of māreti] having killed.

mārenta

: [pr.p. of māreti] killing.

māresi

: [aor. of māreti] killed. (aor. of mārāpeti), caused to be killed.

mālaka

: [m.] a circular enclosure; a round yard.

mālatī

: [f.] great-flowered jasmine.

mālākamma

: [nt.] garland work; a mural drawing.

mālākāra

: [m.] garland-maker; a florist.

mālāgaccha

: [m.] a flowering plant.

mālāguṇa

: [m.] a string of flowers.

mālāguḷa

: [nt.] a cluster of flowers.

mālācumbaṭaka

: [m.] a chaplet of flowers.

mālādāma

: [m.] a string of flowers.

mālādhara

: [adj.] wearing a garland of flowers.

mālādhārī

: [adj.] wearing a wreath.

mālāpuṭa

: [m.] a container of flowers.

mālābhārī

: [adj.] wearing a wreath.

mālāvaccha

: [nt.] a flower garden or flowery bed.

mālika

: [adj.] having garlands or flowers.

mālinī

: [f.] a woman wearing garlands.

mālī

: [adj.] having garlands or flowers.

māluta

: [m.] the wind.

māluvā

: [f.] a parasite creeper which slowly destroys the tree on which it has grown.

mālūra

: [m.] the marmelos tree.

mālya

: [nt.] a garland.

māsa

: [m.] a month; a kind of bean, Phaseolus Indica.

māsaka

: [m.] a small coin, (the value of which is about an anna).

māsika

: [adj.] occurring monthly; once a month.

miga

: [m.] a beast; a quadruped; a deer.

migachāpaka

: [m.] the young of a deer.

migataṇhikā

: [f.] mirage.

migadāya

: [m.] deer-park.

migapotaka

: [m.] the young of a deer.

migamada

: [m.] the musk.

migamātukā

: [f.] a hoofed animal of the size of a cat. (Sinh. mīninnā).

migaluddaka

: [m.] a deer-hunter.

migava

: [nt.] hunting.

miginda

: [m.] the king of beasts; a lion.

migī

: [f.] a hind.

micchatta

: [nt.] falsehood.

micchā

: [ind.] untruth; falsehood; false; wrongly; wrong.

micchākammanta

: [m.] wrong conduct or action.

micchāgahaṇa

: [nt.] wrong behaviour.

micchācāra

: [nt.] wrong behaviour.

micchācārī

: [adj.] one who behaves wrongly.

micchādiṭṭhi

: [f.] wrong view; heresy.

micchāpaṇihita

: [adj.] wrongly directed.

micchāvācā

: [f.] wrong speech.

micchāvāyāma

: [m.] wrong effort.

micchāsaṅkappa

: [m.] wrong intention.

miñja

: [nt.] kernel; marrow; pith. || miñjā (f.) kernel; marrow; pith.

miṇana

: [nt.] measurement.

miṇanta

: [pr.p. of miṇāti] measuring; weighing; balancing.

miṇāti

: [mi + ṇā] measures; weighes; balances.

miṇi

: [aor. of miṇāti] measured; weighed; balanced.

miṇitu

: [inf. of miṇāti] to measure; to weigh; to balance.

miṇitvā

: [abs. of miṇāti] having measured; having weighed; having balanced.

miṇīyati

: [pass. of miṇāti] is measured; is balanced.

mita

: [pp. of miṇāti] measured; weighed; balanced.

mitabhāṇī

: [m.] one who speaks moderately.

mitta

: [m.; nt.] a friend.

mittadubbhi

: [m.] one who betrays his friends; a treacherous person.

mittadūbhī

: [m.] one who betrays his friends; a treacherous person.

mittaddu

: [m.] one who betrays his friends; a treacherous person.

mittapatirūpaka

: [adj.] a false friend.

mittabheda

: [m.] breaking of friendship or alliance.

mittasanthava

: [m.] association with a friend.

mithu

: [ind.] alternate; alternately; secretly.

mithuna

: [nt.] a pair of a male and a female.

mithubheda

: [m.] breaking of alliance.

middha

: [nt.] torpor; drowsiness.

middhī

: [adj.] torpid; drowsy.

miyyati

: [mar + ya; mar is changed to miy and mī] dies.

milakkha

: [m.] a barbarian.

milakkhadesa

: [m.] a country where barbarians live.

milāta

: [pp. of milāyati] withered, faded, dried up. || milātā (f.) fadedness.

milāyati

: [milā + ya] to be faded; withers.

milāyamāna

: [pr.p. of milāyati] withering.

milāyi

: [aor. of milāyati] withered.

milāyitvā

: [abs. of milāyati] having withered.

missa

: [adj.] mixed; combined.

missaka

: [adj.] mixed; combined.

missita

: [pp. of misseti] mixed.

misseti

: [miss + e] mixes.

missetvā

: [abs. of misseti] having mixed.

missenta

: [pr.p. of misseti] mixing.

missesi

: [aor. of misseti] mixed.

mihita

: [nt.] a smile.

mīna

: [m.] a fish.

mīyati

: [mar + ya; mar is changed to miy and mī] dies.

mīyamāna

: [pr.p. of miyyati] died.

mīḷha

: [nt.] excrement; dung.

mukula

: [nt.] a bud.

mukha

: [nt.] mouth; face; entrance; opening; front. (adj.), foremost.

mukhatuṇḍa

: [nt.] beak.

mukhadvāra

: [nt.] the mouth.

mukhadhovana

: [nt.] washing of the face; rinsing the mouth.

mukhapuñchana

: [nt.] a towel for wiping the face.

mukhapūra

: [nt.] a mouthful. (adj.), filling the mouth.

mukhara

: [adj.] garrulous; talkative.

mukharatā

: [f.] talkativeness.

mukhavaṭṭi

: [f.] brim; rim; edge.

mukhavaṇṇa

: [m.] the features.

mukhavikāra

: [m.] contortion of the face; showing faces.

mukhasaṅkocana

: [nt.] distortion of the mouth (as a sign of displeasure).

mukhasaññata

: [adj.] controlling one's mouth.

mukhādhāna

: [nt.] a bridle.

mukhullokaka

: [adj.] looking into a person's face.

mukhodaka

: [nt.] water for washing the face.

mukhya

: [adj.] chief; foremost; most important.

mugga

: [m.] green peas.

muggara

: [m.] a club; mallet.

muṅgusa

: [m.] a mongoose.

mucalinda

: [m.] the tree Barringtonia Acutangula.

muccati

: [muc + ya] becomes free; to be saved or released.

muccamāna

: [pr.p. of muccati] becoming free.

mucci

: [aor. of muccati] became free.

muccita

: [pp. of muccati] become free.

muccitvā

: [abs. of muccati] having become free.

mucchati

: [mucch + a] becomes unconscious or infatuated; faints.

mucchana

: [nt.] fainting; unconsciousness; infatuation. || mucchanā (f.), fainting; unconsciousness; infatuation.

mucchanta

: [pr.p. of mucchati] becoming unconscious or infatuated.

mucchā

: [f.] fainting; unconsciousness; infatuation.

mucchi

: [aor. of mucchati] became unconscious or infatuated; fainted.

mucchita

: [pp. of mucchati] become unconscious or infatuated; fainted.

mucchitvā

: [abs. of mucchati] having become unconscious or infatuated.

mucchiya

: [abs. of mucchati] having become unconscious or infatuated.

muñcaka

: [adj.] one who releases; emitting.

muñcati

: [muc + ṃ-a] releases; loosens; delivers; sends off; emits; gives up.

muñcana

: [nt.] releasing; giving up.

muñcanaka

: [adj.] emitting.

muñcanta

: [pr.p. of muñcati] releasing; loosening; delivering; sending off; emitting; giving up.

muñcamāna

: [pr.p. of muñcati] releasing; loosening; delivering; sending off; emitting; giving up.

muñci

: [aor. of muñcati] released; loosened; delivered; sent off; emited; gave up.

muñcita

: [pp. of muñcati] released; loosened; delivered; sent off; emited; gave up.

muñcitvā

: [abs. of muñcati] having released; having loosened; having delivered; having sent off; having emited; having given up.

muñciya

: [abs. of muñcati] having released; having loosened; having delivered; having sent off; having emited; having given up.

muñcīyati

: [v.] is freed or released.

muñja

: [nt.] a kind of grass used in making slippers, etc.

muṭṭha

: [pp. of mussati] forgotten; passed into oblivion.

muṭṭhasacca

: [nt.] forgetfulness.

muṭṭhassatī

: [adj.] forgetful.

muṭṭhi

: [m.] the fist; a handle.

muṭṭhika

: [m.] a wrestler; boxer.

muṭṭhimalla

: [m.] a wrestler; boxer.

muṭṭhiyuddha

: [nt.] boxing.

muṇḍa

: [adj.] shaven; void of vegetation; bare.

muṇḍaka

: [m.] a shaveling; shaven-headed.

muṇḍacchadda

: [m.] a building with a flat roof.

muṇḍatta

: [nt.] the fact of being shaven.

muṇḍita

: [pp. of muṇḍeti] shaved.

muṇḍiya

: [nt.] the fact of being shaven.

muṇḍeti

: [muṇḍ + e] shaves.

muṇḍetvā

: [abs. of muṇḍeti] having shaved.

muṇḍesi

: [aor. of muṇḍeti] shaved.

muta

: [pp. of munāti] known; understood. (nt.), sense perceptions through nose, tongue and touch.

mutiṇga

: [m.] a small drum.

mutimantu

: [adj.] sensible.

mutta

: [pp. of muñcati] released; loosened; delivered; sent off; emited; gave up. (pp. of muccati), become free. (nt.), the urine. || muttā (f.) a pearl.

muttakaraṇa

: [nt.] the male or female organ.

muttavatthi

: [f.] the bladder.

muttācāra

: [adj.] of loose habits.

muttājāla

: [nt.] a net of pearls.

muttāvali

: [m.] a string of pearls.

muttāhāra

: [m.] a string of pearls.

mutti

: [f.] release; freedom.

mudā

: [f.] gladness.

mudiṇga

: [m.] a small drum.

mudita

: [adj.] glad; satisfied. || muditā (f.), sympathy in other's welfare.

muditamana

: [adj.] with gladdened heart.

mudu

: [adj.] soft; mild; tender.

muduka

: [adj.] soft; mild; tender.

muducitta

: [adj.] of a tender heart.

mudujātika

: [adj.] of tender nature.

mudutā

: [nt.] softness; plasticity.

mudutta

: [nt.] softness; plasticity.

mudubhūta

: [adj.] supple; malleable.

muduhadaya

: [adj.] of a tender heart.

muddaṅkaṇa

: [nt.] printing.

muddā

: [f.] a seal; a stamp; an impression; gesture; printing.

muddāpaka

: [m.] printer.

muddāpana

: [nt.] printing.

muddāpita

: [pp. of muddāpeti] printed.

muddāpeti

: [deno. from muddā] prints.

muddāpetvā

: [abs. of muddāpeti] having printed.

muddāpesi

: [aor. of muddāpeti] printed.

muddāyanta

: [nt.] a printing press.

muddikā

: [f.] grape-vine; grapes; a seal ring; signet ring.

muddikāsava

: [m.] wine.

muddha

: [adj.] foolish; bewildered. || muddhā (m.), the head; top; summit.

muddhaja

: [adj.] lingual. (m.), hair.

muddhatā

: [f.] foolishness.

muddhātuka

: [adj.] foolish in nature.

muddhādhipāta

: [m.] splitting of the head.

muddhāvasitta

: [adj.] properly anointed (king).

mudhā

: [ind.] gratis; for nothing.

munāti

: [mum + a] knows; understands.

muni

: [aor. of munāti] knew; understood. (m.), a monk.

muninda

: [m.] the great sage.

muyhati

: [muh + ya] forgets; becomes dull; infatuates.

muyhana

: [nt.] forgetfulness; infatuation.

muyhamāna

: [pr.p. of muyhati] forgetting; becoming dull; infatuating.

muyhi

: [aor. of muyhati] forgot; became dull; infatuated.

muyhitvā

: [abs. of muyhati] having forgotten; having become dull; having infatuated.

muraja

: [m.] a tambourine.

murumurāyati

: [onom. from muru-muru] bites up with a cracking sound.

muḷāla

: [nt.] lotus root.

muḷālapuppha

: [nt.] lotus flower.

musala

: [m.] a pestle.

musalī

: [adj.] with a pestle in hand.

musā

: [ind.] falsehood; lie. || mūsā (f.) a crucible.

musāvāda

: [m.] lying.

mussati

: [mus + ya] forgets; passes into oblivion.

mussi

: [aor. of mussati] forgot; passed into oblivion.

mussitvā

: [abs. of mussati] having forgotten; having passed into oblivion.

muhu

: [adv.] very quickly.

muhutta

: [m.; nt.] a moment; a minute.

muhutta

: [adv.] a moment.

muhuttika

: [adj.] existing only for a moment. (m.), an astrologer.

muhuttena

: [adv.] in a moment.

mūga

: [adj.] dumb; a dumb person.

mūla

: [nt.] root; money; cash; foot; bottom; origin; cause; foundation; beginning.

mūlaka

: [m.] the reddish. (adj.), (in cpds.), being conditioned by; originating in.

mūlakanda

: [m.] a bulbous root.

mūladhana

: [nt.] the deposited money.

mūlabīja

: [nt.] germinative root.

mūlasatena

: with 100 roots.

mūlika

: [adj.] fundamental; elementary.

mūlya

: [nt.] payment; wages.

mūḷha

: [pp. of muyhati] gone astray; forgotten; confused; erring; foolish.

mūsika

: [m.] a rat; mouse. || mūsikā (f.) a rat; mouse.

mūsikacchinna

: [adj.] gnawed by mice.

mūsikavacca

: [nt.] mice-dung.

me

: [dat. and gen. sing. of amha] to me; my; mine.

mekhalā

: [f.] a girdle for women.

megha

: [m.] rain; a cloud.

meghanāda

: [m.] a thunder.

meghanibha

: [adj.] cloude-like.

meghavaṇṇa

: [adj.] cloud-coloured, i.e. black.

mecaka

: [adj.] black; dark blue.

mejjha

: [adj.] pure.

meṇḍa

: [m.] a ram; sheep.

meṇḍaka

: [m.] a ram; sheep.

mettacitta

: [adj.] having a benevolent heart.

mettā

: [f.] amity; benevolence.

mettākammaṭṭhāna

: [nt.] cultivation of benevolence.

mettābhāvanā

: [f.] cultivation of benevolence.

mettāyati

: [deno. from mettā] feels friendly; to be benevolent.

mettāyanā

: [f.] friendly feeling.

mettāyanta

: [pr.p. of mettāyati] feeling friendly.

mettāyi

: [aor. of mettāyati] felt friendly.

mettāyitvā

: [abs. of mettāyati] having felt friendly.

mettāvihārī

: [adj.] abiding in kindliness.

metti

: [f.] amity; benevolence.

metteyyanātha

: [m.] the coming Buddha, Metteyya.

methuna

: [nt.] sexual intercourse; coupling.

methunadhamma

: [m.] sexual intercourse; coupling.

meda

: [m.] the fat.

medakathālikā

: [f.] a saucepan for frying fat.

medavaṇṇa

: [adj.] of the colour of fat.

medinī

: [f.] the earth.

medha

: [m.] a religious sacrifice. || medhā (f.) wisdom.

medhaga

: [m.] a quarrel.

medhāvinī

: [f.] a wise woman.

medhāvī

: [m.] the wise.

meraya

: [nt.] fermented liquor.

meru

: [m.] name of the highest mountain in the world.

melana

: [nt.] a gathering; meeting.

mesa

: [m.] a ram.

meha

: [m.] a urinary affliction.

mehana

: [nt.] the male or female organ.

mokkha

: [m.] release; freedom; deliverance; the final release.

mokkhaka

: [adj.] one who releases.

mokkhati

: [mokkh + a] is free or saved.

mokkhamagga

: [m.] the path leading to salvation.

mogha

: [adj.] empty; vain; useless.

moghapurisa

: [m.] a stupid or useless person.

moca

: [m.] the plantain tree.

mocana

: [nt.] setting free; discharging.

mocāpana

: [nt.] causation of one's freedom; deliverance.

mocāpeti

: [caus. of moceti] causes to be released.

mocita

: [pp. of moceti] delivered; set free; released.

mociya

: [abs. of moceti] having delivered; having set free; having released.

moceti

: [muc + e] delivers; sets free; releases.

mocetu

: [inf. of moceti] to deliver; to set free; to release.

mocetvā

: [abs. of moceti] having delivered; having set free; having released.

mocenta

: [pr.p. of moceti] delivering; setting free; releasing.

mocesi

: [aor. of moceti] delivered; set free; released.

modaka

: [m.] a globular sweet-meat.

modati

: [mud + a] rejoices; is happy.

modana

: [nt.] rejoicing; enjoyment. || modanā (f.) rejoicing; enjoyment.

modamāna

: [pr.p. of modati] rejoicing.

modi

: [aor. of modati] rejoiced; was happy.

modita

: [pp. of modati] rejoiced; was happy.

moditvā

: [abs. of modati] having rejoiced.

mona

: [nt.] wisdom; self-possession; silence.

moneyya

: [nt.] moral perfection.

momuha

: [adj.] dull; silly; bewildered.

mora

: [m.] a peacock.

morapiñja

: [nt.] peacock's tail.

moḷi

: [m.; f.] top knot of hair; crown of the head.

mosa

: [m.] theft.

mosana

: [nt.] theft.

mosavajja

: [nt.] untruth.

moha

: [m.] stupidity; delusion.

mohakkhaya

: [m.] destruction of ignorance.

mohacarita

: [adj.] of foolish habits.

mohatama

: [m.] the darkness of ignorance.

mohana

: [nt.] making dull; enticement; allurement.

mohanaka

: [adj.] bewildering; leading astray.

mohanīya

: [adj.] leading to infatuation.

mohaneyya

: [adj.] leading to infatuation.

mohita

: [pp. of moheti] deceived; befooled; deluded.

moheti

: [muh + e] deceives; befools; deludes.

mohetvā

: [abs. of moheti] having deceived; having befooled; having deluded.

mohesi

: [aor. of moheti] deceived; befooled; deluded.

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