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Majjha Maññati

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(similarly at Nd 490). — Sn 949 (in sequence pubbe majjhe each other serving as grand stands at a fair or festival J iii.456;
pacchā), 1099 (id.); Dh 348 (pure majjhe pacchato; i. e. pac- vi.277; DhA iv.59. -parāyaṇa ending in bed, kept in bed
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cuppannesu khandhesu DhA iv.63). — 4. (nt.) majjhaṁ the Pv ii.2 (nīla°, fig. for being buried); DhA i.183 (with v. l.
middle DhA i.184 (tassa uramajjhaṁ ghaṁsentī). maccu°, just as likely, but see maccuparāyaṇa). -pīṭha couch
and chair Vin ii.270 sq.; A iii.51; VvA 9, 220, 295. -vāna
Majjhaka (adj.) (—°) [fr. majjha] lying or being in the midst of...,
stuffing of a couch DhA i.234.
in pācīna — yava° (dakkhiṇa°, pacchima°, uttara°) nigama,
a market — place lying in the midst of the eastern corn — Mañcaka [fr. mañca] bed, couch, bedstead Vin i.271; S
fields (the southern etc.): designation of 4 nigamas situated i.121=iii.123; J i.91; iii.423; Th 2, 115; Miln 10; DhA ii.53.
near Mithilā J vi.330.
Mañjari (f.) [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. mañjarī] a branching flower
Majjhatta (adj. — n.) [for majjha — ṭṭha, which we find in Prk. — stalk, a sprout J v.400, 416.
as majjhattha: Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 214; majjha+ sthā] 1. (adj.)
Mañjarikā (f.)=mañjari, Vin iii.180.
"standing in the middle," umpire, neutral, impartial, indiffer-
Mañjarita (adj.) [fr. mañjari] with (full — grown) pedicles, i. e.
ent J i.300; ii.359 (parama°, +upekkhā — pārāmī); vi.8; Miln
in open flower Miln 308 (°patta in full bloom).
403; Vism 230; Mhvs 21, 14. — 2. indifference, balance of
mind, equanimity; almost synonymous with upekkhā: Vism Mañjīra [cp. late Sk. mañjīra nt.] an anklet, foot — bangle Abhp
134, 296; VbhA 283 (°payogatā); DhA ii.214 (°upekkhā); 228.
PvA 38 (so read for majjhattha). See also following. — Note.
Mañju (adj.) [cp. Class Sk. mañju, also mangala, cp. Gr.
A similar term is found in BSk. as mṛdu-madhyā kṣānti
μάγγανον means of deceiving, Lat. mango a dealer making
"state of spiritual calm" Divy 271; see Yoga Sūtra ii.34.
up his wares for sale. See further cognates at Walde, Lat. Wtb.
Majjhattatā (f.) [abstr. from prec.] impartiality, indiffer- s. v. mango] pleasant, charming, sweet, lovely (only with
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ence, balance of mind Nd 166 (in expl of upekkhā, with ref. to the voice) D ii.211, 227 (one of the 8 characteristics
syn. passaddhatā); Vbh 230; Vism 134; VbhA 285 (satta° & of Brahmā's & the Buddha's voice: see bindu & aṭṭhanga); J
sankhāra°), 317 (def.); DhsA 133. ii.150. — (nt.) a sweet note J vi.591 (of the deer in the forest);
VvA 219 (karavīka ruta°).
Majjhantika [majjha+anta+ika] midday, noon; used either ab-
-bhāṇaka sweet — voiced, speaking sweetly J ii.150=
solutely Vin iv.273; S iv.240; J v.213 (yāva upakaṭṭha —
DhA i.144; f. bhāṇikā J vi.418, 420. -bhāṇin id. J ii.150.
majjhantikā); v.291 (read majjhantik' âtikamm' āgami); Vism
236; Miln 3; or as apposition with kāla & samaya S i.7 (kāla); Mañjuka (adj.) [mañju+ka] sweet voiced Vin i.249; J ii.350;
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Pv iv.3 (id.); Nd 97 (samaya); DA i.251 (id.). iii.266; vi.412, 496.
Majjhāru [etym. doubtful] a certain kind of plant Vin i.196 (v. l. Mañjūsaka ( — rukkha) [fr. mañjūsa] N. of a celestial tree, famed
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majjāru); doubtful whether designation (like Sk. mārjāra) of for its fragrancy Vv 38 ; SnA 52, 66, 95, 98; VvA 175.
Plumbago rosea. Mañjūsā (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. mañjūṣā] a casket; used for keep-
Majjhima (adj.) [Vedic madhyama, with sound change ing important documents in J ii.36 (suvaṇṇapaṭṭaṁ mañjūsāya
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°ama>°ima after Geiger, P.Gr. 19 , or after analogy with nikkhipāpesi); iv.335 (suvaṇṇapaṭṭaṁ sāra — mañjūsāyaṁ
pacchima, with which often contrasted] 1. middle, medium, ṭhapetvā kālam akāsi).
mediocre, secondary, moderate. — Applied almost exclu-
Mañjeṭṭha (adj.) [cp. *Sk. mañjiṣṭhā Indian madder] light
sively in contrast pairs with terms of more or less, in triplets d
(bright) red, crimson, usually enum in set of 5 principal
like "small — medium — big," or "first — middle — last"
colours with nīla, pīta, lohitaka, odāta; e. g. at Vin i.25; S
(cp. majjha 3b); viz. (a) of degree: hīna- m -paṇīta D iii.215 1
ii.101 (f. mañjeṭṭhā); Vv 22 (Hardy in T. reads mañjaṭṭha, as
(tisso dhātuyo); Dhs 1205— 1027 (dhammā); Vism 11 (sīlaṁ);
twice at VvA 111, with vv. ll. °jiṭṭha & °jeṭṭha, cp. Correc-
h. m. ukkaṭṭha Vism 308; omaka m. ukkaṭṭha Vin iv.243; ns
tions & Add on p. 372); Miln 61.
khuddaka m. mahā Vism 100; lāmaka m. paṇīta (i. e.
Mañjeṭṭhaka (adj.) [fr. mañjeṭṭha, after lohita+ka] crimson,
lokuttara) DhsA 45 (dhammā); paritta — m — uḷāra Sdhp 1 n
bright red, fig. shining Vv 39 (cp. def at VvA 177: like the
260. — (b) of time: paṭhame yāme majjhima° pacchima° J
tree Vitex negundo, sindhavāra, or the colour of the Kaṇavīra
i.75; id. with vaye PvA 5. — 2. (nt.) majjhimaṁ the waist, n
— bud; same def at DhsA 317, with Sinduvāra for Sindha°);
in cpd. su — majjhimā (f.) a woman with beautiful waist J
usually in sequence nīla, pīta, mañjeṭṭhaka, lohitaka, odāta
v.4.
as the 5 fundamental colours: M i.509 (has °eṭṭhika in T. but
Mañca [cp. Epic Sk. mañca stand, scaffolding, platform] a couch,
v. l. °eṭṭhaka); J vi.185; Dhs 617. — f. mañjeṭṭhikā a disease
bed Vin iv.39, 40 (where 4 kinds are mentioned, which also ap- of sugar cane Vin ii.256.
n
ply to the def of pīṭha, viz. masāraka, bundikābaddha, kuḷīra
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— pādaka, āhacca — pādaka; same def at VbhA 365); Sn Mañjeṭṭhī (f.) [=Sk. mañjiṣṭhā] Bengal madder DA i.85.
401; J iii.423; DhA i.89 (°ṁ bandhati to tie a bed or two to- Maññati [man, Vedic manyate & manute, Av. mainyeite; Idg.
gether), 130; iv.16; VbhA 20; VvA 291; PvA 93. — heṭṭhā *men, cp. Gr. μένος mood, anger=Sk. manah mind; μέμονα
mañce underneath the bed J i.197 (as place where domestic to think of, wish to, Lat. memini to think of, mens>mind,
pigs lie); ii.419 (id.); ii.275 (where a love — sick youth lies meneo; Goth. munan to think, muns opinion; Oisl. man,
down in the park). Ags. mon; Ohg. minna love, Ags, myne intention. Dhtp 427:
-atimañca bed upon bed, i. e. beds placed on top of man=ñāṇe, 524= bodhane] 1. to think, to be of opinion, to
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