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Mathati Madhu
aye manaṁ; C 264: abhibhaveyya); Miln 385 (vāyu pādape -viṇā a sort of girdle Vin ii.136.
mathayati;... kilesā mathayitabbā). — pp. mathita. See also
Maddati [cp. Vedic mṛd to crush: see etym. under mattikā] 1.
abhimatthati (sic) & nimmatheti.
to tread on, trample on (acc.), crush J iii.245, 372 (ppr. mad-
Mathana (adj. nt.) [fr. math] shaking up, crushing, harassing, damāna); DhA ii.66. — 2. to defeat, destroy Sn 770 (=ab-
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confusing Miln 21 (+maddana); DhA i.312; PvA 265. hibhavati Nd 12); Nd 85 (madditvā=abhibhuyya); SnA 450;
Mhvs 1, 41. — fig. to crush a heresy: vādaṁ m. Mhvs 36, 41.
Mathita. [pp. of matheti] 1. (churned) buttermilk Vin ii.301
— 3. to neglect (an advice), spurn J iii.211 (ovādaṁ). — 4.
(amathita — kappa). — 2. upset, mentally unbalanced state,
to mix up, knead, jumble together DhA ii.155. — 5. to thresh
disturbance of mind through passion, conceit, etc. M i.486
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(maññita+). Neumann trsl "Vermutung" i. e. speculation, J i.215. — 6. to break down, upset J i.500 (vatiṁ, a fence).
— 7. to draw together (a net) J i.208. — Caus. I. maddeti
guessing (v. l. matth°).
to cause to be trampled on Mhvs 29. 4 (aor. maddayi). —
Mada [Vedic mada, mad (see majjati), Idg. *mad, as in Av.
Caus. II. maddāpeti to cause to be threshed Vin ii.180. — pp.
mata intoxication, drink, mad, to get intoxicated orig. mean-
maddita. See also pari°.
ing "drip, be full of liquid or fat"; cp. Gr. μαδάω dissolve,
Maddana (nt.) [cp. Epic Sk. mardana, fr. mṛd] 1. crush-
μαστός breast (μαζός>Amazone), Lat. madeo to be wet, Ohg.
mast fattening, Sk. meda grease, fat, Gr. μέζεα· μεστός full; ing, grinding, destroying J iv.26; Miln 21 (adj.,+mathana);
Sdhp 449; Dhtp 156. — 2. threshing Miln 360. — See also
Goth. mats eatables, Ags. mōs, Ohg. muos=gemüse, etc. Per-
nimmaddana, pamaddana, parimaddana.
haps connected with *med in Lat. medeor to heal. For further
relations see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. madeo. — The Dhtp Maddarī (f.) [?] a species of bird, in cpd. ambaka° A i.188.
(412) & Dhtm (642) explain mad by "ummāde" Dhtm 210
Maddava (adj. nt.) [fr. mṛdu, cp. Epic Sk. mārdava] 1. mild,
also by "muda, mada=santose"] 1. intoxication, sensual ex-
gentle, soft, suave Dhs 1340; Vbh 359; Miln 229 (cittaṁ
cess, in formula davāya madāya maṇḍanāya (for purposes mudukaṁ m. siniddhaṁ), 313 (mudu°), 361 (among the 30
of sport, excess, personal charm etc.) M i.355=A ii.40= Nd 1 best virtues, with siniddha & mudu). — 2. (fr. madda) as Np.
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496=Nd 540=Pug 21=Dhs 1346, 1348. The commentator's name of a king, reigning in Sāgala, the capital of Madda. —
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expl bearing directly or indirectly on this passage distinguish
3. withered Dh 377 (=milāta DhA iv.112). — nt. maddavaṁ
several kinds of mada, viz. māna-mada & purisa- mada
mildness, softness, gentleness Sn 250 (ajjava+), 292 (id.); J
(at DhsA 403; Vism 293), or muṭṭhika-mall' ādayo viya ma-
iii.274 (as one of the 10 rāja — dhammā); v.347 (=mettacit-
datthaṁ bala- mada — nimittaṁ porisa- mada — nimittañ cā
taṁ); DhsA 151. See also sūkara°.
ti vuttaṁ (at Vism 31). Sn 218 (mada — pamāda on which
Maddavatā (f.) [abstr. fr. maddava] gentleness, softness, suavity
passage SnA 273 comments on mada with jāti — mad' ādi
Dhs 44, 1340; DhsA 151.
— bhedā madā). — 2. (as mental state or habit) pride, con-
ceit Miln 289 (māna, m., pamāda); Vbh 345 (where 27 such Maddālaka [etym.?] a kind of bird J vi.538.
states are given, beginning with jāti°, gotta°, ārogya°, yob- Maddita [pp. of maddeti, see maddati] 1. kneaded, mixed, in su°
bana°, jīvita — mada), 350 (where mada is paraphrased by Vism 124. — 2. crushed, defeated, in su° Miln 284. — Cp.
majjanā majjitattaṁ māno... uṇṇati... dhajo sampaggāho ke- pa°, pari°.
tukamyatā cittassa: same formula, as concluding exegesis of
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māna at Nd 505 & Dhs 1116); sometimes more def. charac- Maddin (adj.) [fr. mṛd, cp. Sk. mardin=mardana] crushing, de-
stroying Sdhp 218. Cp. pamaddin.
terised with phrase mada-matta elated with the pride or intox-
ication of... (—°). e. g. A i.147 (yobbana°, ārogya°, jīvita°); Maddhita [of mṛdh] see pari°.
PvA 86 (māna°), 280 (bhoga°). — The traditional exegesis
Madhu [cp. Vedic madhu, Gr. μέχυ wine, Lith. medùs honey,
distinguishes only 3 mada's, viz. ārogya-mada the pride of
midùs wine, Ohg. metu=Ger. met wine. Most likely to root
health, yobbana° of youth, jīvita° of life: D iii.220; A i.146.
*med to be full of juice: see under madati] honey J i.157 sq.;
-nimmadana "disintoxication from intoxication," free-
iv.117; Dh 69 (madhū vā read as madhuvā); Mhvs 5, 53; DhsA
dom from pride or conceit A ii.34; Bu i.81; Vism 293.
330; DhA ii.197 (alla° fresh honey). — pl. madhūni Mhvs
Madana (nt.) [fr. mad] lit. making drunk, intoxication Nd 2 5, 31. — The Abhp (533) also gives "wine from the blossom
540 C. (in formula davāya madāya madanāya, instead of of Bassia latifolia" as meaning. — On madhu in similes see
maṇḍanāya: see under mada 1); in cpd. °yuta intoxicated, J.P.T.S. 1907, 121.
a name for the Yakkhas J i.204. — Cp. nimmadana. -atthika (madh°) at J iii.493 is with v. l. to be read
madhu-tthika (q. v. below). The proposal of Kern's (Toev.
Madanīya (adj. nt.) [orig. grd. of madati] 1. intoxicating D
s. v.) to read madh' aṭṭhika "with sweet kernels" cannot
ii.185 (sadda vaggu rajanīya kāmanīya m.). — 2. intoxication ns
be accepted. The C. expl rightly by "madhura — phalesu
VvA 73.
pakkhitta — madhu viya, madhura — phalo hutvā." -atthika
Madirā (f.) [of adj. Vedic madira intoxicating] intoxicating drink, (madhu°) desirous of honey, seeking honey J iv.205; Mhvs
spirit J v.425; DhsA 48. 5, 50. -āpaṇa (madhv°) honey shop Mhvs 5, 52. -āsava
Madda 1. [fr. mṛd, Sk. marda] crushing etc.; kneading, paste, (madhv°) honey extract, wine from the flower of Bassia lati-
in piṭṭha paste of flower Vin ii.151; J iii.226 (piṭṭhi°). — 2. folia VvA 73 (as one of the 5 kinds of intoxicating liquors).
[dialectical, cp. Sk. madra] N. of a country & its inhabitants, -kara "honey — maker," bee J iv.265; Vism 136 (in simile);
in °raṭṭha SnA 68 sq.; °rājakula KhA 73. DhA i.374. -gaṇḍa honey — comb Mhvs 22, 42; 34, 52. -
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