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Mantar Maminkāra
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ened manta (nom.) at Sn 455 (akiñcano+), which is expl at Mandāmukhi (f.) [dialectical? reading a little doubtful] a coal
SnA 402 as mantā jānitvā. It is to be noted that for manta- — pan, a vessel for holding embers for the sake of heating Vin
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bhāṇin at Sn 850 the Nd 219 reads mantā and expl custom- i.32 (=aggi — bhājana C.); VvA 147 (mandamukhī, stands for
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arily by "mantāya pariggahetvā vācaṁ bhāsati." angara — kapalla p. 142 in expl of hattha — patāpaka Vv
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Mantita [pp. of manteti] 1. considered Th 1, 9; Miln 91. — 2.
advised, given as counsel J vi.438; DA i.273. Mandārava [cp. Sk. mandāra] the coral tree, Erythrina fulgens
(considered also as one of the 5 celestial trees). The blossoms
Mantin (adj. — n.) [fr. manta] 1. (adj.) giving or observ-
mentioned D ii.137 fall from the next world. — D ii.137; Vv
ing counsel S i.236. — 2. (n.) counsellor, minister J vi.437 2
22 (cp. VvA 111); J i.13, 39; Miln 13, 18 (dibbāni m. —
(paṇḍita m.).
pupphāni abhippavassiṁsu).
Manteti [cp. Vedic mantrayati; mant is given at Dhtp in mean-
Mandālaka [etym.?] a water — plant (kind of lotus) J iv.539;
ing of gutta — bhāsana, i. e. "secret talk"] to pronounce in an
vi.47, 279, 564.
important (because secret) manner (like a mantra), i. e. 1. to
take counsel (with=instr. or saddhiṁ) D i.94, 104 (mantanaṁ Mandiya (nt.) [cp. Sk. māndya] 1. laziness, slackness S i.110.
manteyya to discuss) 122 (2 nd pl. imper. mantavho, as com- — 2. dullness of mind, stupidity J iii.38 (=manda — bhāva).
pared with mantayavho J ii.107 besides mantavho ibid. Cp.
Mandira (nt.) [cp. late Sk. mandira] a house, edifice, palace Sn
Geiger, P.Gr. § 126); ii.87, 239; Vin iv.308 (mantesuṁ aor.;
996, 1012; J v.480; vi.269, 270; Dāvs ii.67 (dhātu° shrine).
perhaps "plotted"); Sn p. 107 (=talk privately to); Sn 379; J
Mandī° see manda 5.
i.144; vi.525 (mantayitvāna ger.); DA i.263 (imper. mantay-
atha); PvA 74 (aor. mantayiṁsu). — 2. to consider, to think Mama gen. dat. of pers. pron. ahaṁ (q. v.) used quasi inde-
over, to be of opinion A i.199 (Pot. mantaye); Miln 91 (grd. pendently (as substitute for our "self — ") in phrase mama-
mantayitabba & inf. mantayituṁ). — 3. to announce, ad- y-idaṁ Sn 806 thought of "this is mine," cp. S i.14, i. e.
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vise; pronounce, advise Sn 126; Pv iv.1 (=kathemi kittayāmi egoism, belief in a real personal entity, expl at Nd 124 by
PvA 225); SnA 169. — pp. mantita. — Cp. ā°. maññanā conceit, illusion. Also in var. phrases with kṛ in
form mamaṁ°, viz. mamankāra etc. — As adj. "self — like,
Mantha [fr. math] a churning stick, a sort of rice — cake
selfish" only neg. amama unselfish Sn 220 (=mamatta — vi-
(=satthu) Vin i.4, [cp. Vedic mantha "Rührtrank"= home- 34
rahita SnA 276); Pv iv.1 (=mamankāra — virahita PvA 230);
ric κυκεών "Gerstenmehl in Milch verrührt," Zimmer, Altind.
J iv.372; vi.259. See also amama, cp. māmaka.
Leben 268].
Mamankāra [mamaṁ (=mama)+kāra, cp. ahaṁ+kāra] selfish at-
Manda (adj.) [cp. late — Vedic & Epic manda] 1. slow, lazy,
tachment, self — interest, selfishness PvA 230. In canonic
indolent; mostly with ref. to the intellectual faculties, there- n
books only in comb with ahankāra & mān' ânusaya (belief
fore: dull, stupid, slow of grasp, ignorant, foolish M i.520
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(+momuha); Sn 666, 820 (=momūha Nd 153), 1051 (=mohā in an ego and bias of conceit), e. g. at M iii.18, 32; S iii.80,
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avidvā etc. Nd 498); Dh 325 (=amanasikārā manda — pañña 103, 136, 169; iv.41, 197, 202; A i.132 sq.; iii.444. See also
maminkāra.
DhA iv.17); J iv.221; Pug 65, 69; KhA 53, 54. — 2. slow,
yielding little result, unprofitable (of udaka, water, with re- Mamankāraṇa (nt.) [fr. mamaṁ+kṛ] treating with tenderness,
spect to fish; and gocara, feeding on fishes) J i.221. — 3. solicitude, fondness J v.331.
[in this meaning probably=Vedic mandra "pleasant, pleasing,"
Mamatta (nt.) [fr. mama] selfishness, self — love, egoism; con-
although Halāyudha gives mandākṣa as "bashful"] soft, ten-
ceit, pride in (—°), attachment to (—°). Sn 806, 871, 951; Th
der (with ref. to eyes), lovely, in cpds. °akkhin having 1 2
1, 717; Nd 49 (two: taṇhā & diṭṭhi°); Nd 499 (id. but as
lovely (soft) eyes J iii.190; and °locana id. Th 2, 375 (kin-
masc.); SnA 276; DhsA 199; PvA 19.
nari — manda°=manda — puthu — vilocana ThA 253); Pv
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i.11 (miga — manda°=migī viya mand' akkhī PvA 57); Vv Mamāyati [Denom. fr. mama, cp. Sk. mamāyate in same mean-
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64 (miga — m°=miga — cchāpikānaṁ viya mudu siniddha ing (not with Böhtlingk & Roth: envy) at MBh xii.8051 and
Aṣṭas Prajñā Pāramitā 254] to be attached to, to be fond of, to
— diṭṭhi — nipāta). — 4. In cpd. picu (or puci°) manda the
cherish, tend, foster, love M i.260; S iii.190; Th 1, 1150; Sn
Nimb tree, it means "tree" (?) see picu — manda & puci — 1
922 (mamāyetha); Nd 125 (Bhagavantaṁ); J iv.359 (=piyāy-
manda. — 5. In composition with bhū it assumes the form
ati C.); Miln 73; VbhA 107 (mamāyatī ti mātā: in pop. etym.
mandī°, e. g. mandībhūta slowed down, enfeebled, dimin-
of mātā); DhA i.11; SnA 534; Mhvs 20, 4. — pp. mamāyita.
ished J i.228; VbhA 157.
-valāhakā a class of fairies or demi — gods D ii.259 Mamāyanā (f.)=mamatta (selfishness) J vi.259 (°taṇhā-rahita in
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("fragile spirits of the clouds" trsl.). expl of amama).
Mandaka [?] according to Kern, Toev. s. v.=*mandra (of sound: Mamāyita [pp. of mamāyati] cherished, beloved; as n. nt. at-
deep, bass)+ka; a sort of drum J vi.580. tachment, fondness of, pride. — (adj. or pp.) S ii.94 (etaṁ
ajjhositaṁ, m., parāmaṭṭhaṁ); Sn 119; DhA i.11. — (nt.:) Sn
Mandatā (f.)=mandatta Sdhp 19.
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466, 777, 805, 950=Dh 367 (expl as: yassa "ahan" ti vā "ma-
Mandatta (nt.) [fr. manda] stupidity M i.520; Pug 69. 2
man" ti vā gāho n' atthi DhA iv.100); Sn 1056 (cp. Nd 499).
Mandākinī (f.) N. of one of the seven great lakes in the Hima- Maminkaroti [mama(ṁ)+kṛ "to make one's own"] to be fond of,
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vant, enum at A iv.101; J v.415; Vism 416; SnA 407; DA
to cherish, tend, foster J v.330.
i.164. (Halāyudha 3, 51 gives m. as a name for the Ganges.)
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