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Maggana Maccu

Maggana (nt.) & magganā (f.) [fr. magg] tracking, search for, — ceremonies at DhA i.115 viz. abhiseka° consecration, geha
covetousness Vism 29 (syn. for nijigiṁsanatā & gaveṭṭhi); — ppavesana° entering the house, vivāha° wedding. — Cer-
Dhtp 298 (& gavesana). tain other general signs of good luck or omina κα᾿τ ἐςοξήν are
given at J iv.72, 73 and KhA 118 sq. (see also mangalika).
Maggika [fr. magga] wayfarer, tramp DhA i.233.
— Several ceremonious festivities are mentioned at DhA ii.87
Maggati & (spurious) mageti [Denom. fr. magga, cp. Sk. mar-
with regard to the bringing up of a child, viz. nāma — karaṇa
gayati. The Dhtp. gives both mag & magg in meaning "an-
— mangala the ceremony of giving a name; āhāra — parib-
vesana," i. e. tracking, following up; see Dhtp Nos. 21,
hoga° of taking solid food; kaṇṇa — vijjhana° of piercing the
540, 541] to track, hunt for, trace out, follow, seek M i.334
ears; dussa — gahaṇa° of taking up the robe: cūḷā — karaṇa°
(ppr. magayamana); S ii 270 (pp. maggayamāna); Th 2, 384
of making the top — knot. — Cp. abhi°.
(cp. ThA 255=pattheti); J v.102 (where T. reads maggheyya, -usabha an auspicious bull SnA 323. -chaṇa a merry
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which is expl by C. as vijjheyya to pierce, hurt, & which is
time, fair J ii.48; DhA i.392. -kicca auspicious function,
doubtful in meaning, although Kern, Toev. s. v. defends it.
festivity SnA 175, 323. -kiriyā festivity, wedding SnA 69;
The v. l. reads magg°. Same on p. 265 where one ought
finding good omens J iv.72. -kolāhala the lucky, or most aus-
to read phasseyya in C. instead of passeyya. The form pp.
picious, foreboding, one of the 5 kolāhalas (q. v.) KhA 121.
magga (?) on p. 102 must belong to the same root); DhsA
-pañha see mangalika. -divasa a lucky day J iv.210; DhA
162 (=gavesati). — Caus. II. maggāpeti PvA 112. — Pass.
iii.467. -vappa ploughing festival SnA 137. Cp. vappa —
maggīyati VbhA 114.
mangala. -sindhava state horse J i.59. -silāpaṭṭa auspicious
Magghati see maggeti. slab (of stone) J i.59; vi.37; PvA 74. -supina lucky dream J
vi.330. -hatthi state elephant Mhvs 35, 21; DhA i.389.
Maghavant [cp. Epic Sk. maghavā, on etym. see Walde, Lat.
Wtb. s. v. Maia] N. of Indra, or another angel (devaputta) S Mangalika (adj.) (—°) [fr. mangala] 1. one who is feasting
i.221 (voc. maghavā; so read for mathavā), 229; Dh 30. Cp. in, one whose auspices are such & such; fond of; only in
māgha. kotūhala° fond of excitement J i.372; Miln 94 (apagata°, with-
out passion for excitement). — 2. superstitious, looking out
Maghā (f.) [cp. *Sk. maghā] N. of a nakkhatta, in cpd. °deva
for lucky signs Vin ii.129 (gihī), 140 (id.). At J iv.72, 73; three
SnA 352 (cp. M ii.74, n. 6, where spelling Makkādeva; we
sets of people are exemplified, who believe in omina as either
also find Makhadeva at Śatapatha — brāhmaṇa xiv. i. 1).
diṭṭhaṁ (seen) or sutaṁ (heard) or mutaṁ (sensed); they are
Mankati is given as root mank (aor. maki) at Dhtm 13, in mean- called diṭṭha-mangalikā, suta° & muta° respectively. The
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ing maṇḍana, i. e. adornment. It is meant to be an expl of
same group is more explicitly dealt with in the Mangala —
mankato? 1
sutta KhA 118 sq. (cp. Nd 89); diṭṭhamangalika pañha "a
Mankato (adv.) [for Sk. mat — kṛte, Cp. E. Müller, P.Gr. 12] on question concerning visible omina" J iv.73 (correct meaning
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my account, for me Miln 384. given under diṭṭha , vol. ii.156 !), 390 (?). The Np. diṭṭha —
Manku (adj.) [cp. Vedic manku; see on meaning Hardy in preface mangalikā at J iv.376 sq.
to Anguttara v. p. vi] staggering, confused, troubled, discon- Mangalya (nt.) [fr. mangala] auspiciousness, good luck, fortune
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tented Vin ii.118; S v.74; Dh 249; Nd 150; DhA iii.41, 359 Dhtp 24.
(with loc.). — f. pl. mankū Vin i.93. — dummanku "stag-
Mangura (adj.) [etym.? or=mangula? See J.R.A.S. 1903, 186 the
gering in a disagreeable manner," evil — minded A i.98; iv.97
corresponding passage to M i.246 in Lal. v. 320 has madgura.]
(read line as "dummanku' yaṁ padusseti dhūm' aggamhi va
golden; in cpd. °cchavi of golden colour, f. cchavī D i.193,
pāvako" he, staggering badly, is spoilt like the fire on the crest
242; M i.246, 429; ii.33; Vism 184.
of smoke); v.70; Vin ii.196; iii.21; iv.213; S ii.218; Nett 50.
Mangula (adj.) [cp. mangura] sallow; f. mangulī woman of sal-
-bhāva discontent, moral weakness J iv.49; Miln 227;
low complexion S ii.260=Vin iii.107; Vin iii.100.
DhA iii.359. -bhūta discontented, troubled, confused Vin
ii.19; D ii.85; A i.186; Dh 263; J v.211; vi.362; DhA ii.76; a° Macca (adj. — n.) [orig. grd. of marati, mṛ corresponding to Sk.
self — possessed A iii.40; Miln 21, 339. martya. A diaeretic form exists in P. mātiya (q. v.)] mortal;
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Mankuna (& °ṇa) [cp. late Sk. matkuṇa, see Geiger, P.Gr. § 6 ] (m.) man, a mortal S i.55; Sn 249, 577, 580, 766; J iii.154;
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iv.248; v.393; Dh 53, 141, 182; Vv 63 ; Kvu 351. — See
an insect, bug or flea J i.10; iii.423; Vism 109 (where kīla —
also refs. under jāta.
mankula ought to be read as kīṭamankuna); DhA ii.12.
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Mangala (adj.) [cp. Vedic mangala. Expl by Dhtp 24 with root Maccu [in form=Vedic mṛtyu, fr. mṛ; in meaning differentiated,
the Ved. — Sk. meaning "death" only] the God of Death, the
mang, i. e. lucky; see also mañju] auspicious, prosperous,
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lucky, festive Nd 87, 88; KhA 118 sq.; SnA 273, 595; Sdhp Buddhist Māra, or sometimes equivalent to Yama S i.156; Sn
357 (gen. maccuno), 581 (instr. maccunā), 587; Th 1, 411; Dh
551. — nt. mangalaṁ good omen, auspices, festivity Sn 258;
21, 47, 128, 135, 150, 287; VbhA 100; SnA 397; DhA iii.49;
Vin ii.129; PvA 17. A curious popular etymology is put forth
by Bdhgh at KhA 123, viz. "maṁ galanti imehi sattā ti" man- Sdhp 295, 304.
galāni. — mangalaṁ karoti lit. to make an auspicious cer- -tara one who crosses or overcomes death Sn 1119
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emony, i. e. to besprinkle with grains etc. for luck (see on (=maraṇaṁ tareyya Nd 486). -dheyya the realm of Māra,
this PvA 198), to get married DhA i.182; mangalaṁ vadati the sphere of Death S i.4; adj. belonging to death or sub-
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ject to death (=Māradheyya, maraṇadheyya Nd 487 ). —
to bless one J iv.299; DhA i.115. Three (auspicious) wedding
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Sn 358, 1104 (with expl "m. vuccanti kilesā ca khandhā ca
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