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Masāragalla Mahant

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The same comb (with lohit.) is found at Vv 36 ; 78 =81 ; than aṇṇava; mah' âbhisakka, where abhisakka does not oc-
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84 . cur by itself; cp. mahânubhāva, mahiddhika, mahaggha; or
is obscured in its derivation through constant use with mahā,
Masi. [cp. Class. Sk. maṣi & masi] 1. the fine particles of ashes,
like mahesī [mah+esī, or īsī], mahesakkha [mah+esakkha];
in angara° charcoal — dust VvA 67=DhA iii.309; (agginā)
mahallaka [mah+*ariyaka]; mahāmatta. Cp. E. great — coat,
masiṁ karoti to reduce to powder (by fire), to burn to ashes,
Gr. ἀρξ° in ἀρξ ιατρός=Ger. arzt. Only a limited selection
turn to dust S ii.88=iv.197=A i.204= ii.199. — 2. soot J i.483
of cpd. — words is given, consisting of more frequent or id-
(ukkhali° soot on a pot).
iomatic terms. Practically any word may be enlarged & em-
Masūraka [connected with masāraka] a bolster J iv.87; vi.185.
phasized in meaning by prefixing mahā. Sometimes a mahā°
Massu [Vedic śmaśru] the beard D ii.42; Pug 55; J iv.159. — lends to special events a standard (historical) significance, so
parūḷha° with long — grown beard DA i.263; bahala° thick — changing the common word into a noun proper, e. g. Mah
bearded J v.42. — âbhinikkhammana, Mahāpavāraṇa. — B. Mahā occurs in
-kamma beard — dressing J iii.114; DhA i.253. -karaṇa cpds. in (a) an elided form mah before a & i; (b) shortened to
shaving DhA i.253; DA i.137. -kutti [m.+ *kḷpti] beard — maha° before g, d, p, b with doubling of these consonants; (c)
trimming J iii.314 (C.=°kiriyā). in the regular form mahā°: usually before consonants, some-
Massuka (adj.) [fr. massu] bearded; a° beardless (of a woman) J times before vowels. This form is contracted with foll. i to e
ii.185. and foll. u to o. In the foll. list of cpds. we have arranged the
material according to these bases.
Maha (m. & nt.) [fr. mah, see mahati & cp. Vedic nt. mahas]
mah°: -aggha very costly, precious Pug 34; Mhvs 27,
1. worthiness, venerableness Miln 357. — 2. a (religious)
35; PvA 77, 87; Sdhp 18. -agghatā costliness, great value
festival (in honour of a Saint, as an act of worship) Mhvs 33,
Pug 34, Sdhp 26. -aṇṇava the (great) ocean Mhvs 19, 17.
26 (vihārassa mahamhi, loc.); VvA 170 (thūpe ca mahe kate),
-atthiya (for °atthika) of great importance or use, very useful,
200 (id.). mahā° a great festival Mhvs 5, 94. bodhi° festival
profitable J iii.368. -andhakāra deep darkness Vism 417.
of the Bo tree J iv.229. vihāra° festival held on the building
-assāsin fully refreshed, very comfortable S i.81.
of a monastery J i.94; VvA 188. hatthi° a festival called the
maha°: -ggata "become great," enlarged, extensive, fig.
elephant f. J iv.95.
lofty, very great M i.263; ii.122; A ii.63, 184; iii.18; VvA
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Mahati [mah; expl by Dhtp 331 as "pūjāyaṁ"] to honour, re- 155; J v.113; Dhs 1020 (trsl : "having a wider scope") Vbh
vere Vv 47 11 (pot. med. 1 pl. mahemase, cp. Geiger, P.Gr. 16, 24, 62, 74, 126, 270, 326; Tikp. 45; Vism 410, 430 sq.
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§ 129; expl as "mahāmase pūjāmase" at VvA 203). Caus. (°ārammaṇa); VbhA 154 (id.), 159 (°citta); DhsA 44. See on
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mahāyati in same sense: ger. mahāyitvāna (poetical) J iv.236. term Cpd. 4, 12, 55, 101 ; [cp. BSk. mahadgata Divy 227].
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— Pass. mahīyati Vv 62 (=pūjīyati VvA 258); 64 22 (ppr. -gghasa eating much, greedy, gluttonous A iv.92; P iii.1 11
mahīyamāna= pūjiyamāna VvA 282). pp. mahita. (=bahubhojana PvA 175); Miln 288; Dh 325 (cp. DhA iv.16).
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-ddhana having great riches (often comb with mahābhoga)
Mahatta (nt.) [fr. mahat° cp. Sk. mahattva] greatness J v.331
(=seṭṭhatta C.); Vism 132, 232 sq.; VbhA 278 (Satthu°, jāti°, Dh 123; J iv.15, 22. -pphala much fruit; adj. bearing much
sabrahmacārī°); DA i.35; VvA 191. fruit, rich in result A iv.60, 237 sq.; Sn 191, 486; Dh 312, 356
sq. -bbala (a) a strong force, a great army Mhvs 10, 68 (v. l.,
Mahant (adj.) [Vedic mahant, which by Grassmann is taken as
T. has mahā — bala); (b) of great strength, mighty, powerful J
ppr. to mah, but in all probability the n is an original suf- iii.114; Mhvs 23, 92; 25, 9. -bbhaya great fear, terror S i.37;
fix. — cp. Av. mazant, Sk. compar. mahīyān; Gr. μέγας 2
Sn 753, 1032, 1092, ep. Nd 501.
(compar. μείζων), Lat. magnus, Goth. mikils=Ohg. mih-
mahå°: -anas kitchen Mhvs 5, 27 (spurious stanza). -
hil=E. much] great, extensive, big; important, venerable. —
anasa kitchen J ii.361; iii.314; v.368; vi.349; DhA iii.309;
nom. mahā Sn 1008; Mhvs 22, 27. Shortened to maha in cpd.
ThA 5. -anila a gale Mhvs 3, 42. -ānisaṁsa deserving great
pitāmaha (following a — decl.) (paternal) grandfather PvA
praise (see s. v.), [cp. BSk. mahānuśaṁsa MVastu iii.221].
41; & mātāmaha (maternal) grandfather (q. v.). — instr. ma-
-ānubhāva majesty, adj. wonderful, splendid J i.194; J vi.331;
hatā Sn 1027. — pl. nom. mahantā Sn 578 (opp. daharā). 1
Pv iii.3 ; PvA 117, 136, 145, 272. -aparādhika very guilty
— loc. mahati Miln 254. — f. mahī — 1. one of the 5 great
J i.114. -abhinikkhamaṇa the great renunciation DhA i.85.
rivers (Np.). — 2. the earth. See separately. — nt. mahan-
-abhisakka [abhi+śak] very powerful Th 1, 1111. -amacca
taṁ used as adv., meaning "very much, greatly" J v.170; DhA
chief minister Mhvs 19, 12. -araha costly Mhvs 3, 21; 5, 75;
iv.232. Also in cpd. mahantabhāva greatness, loftiness, sub-
27, 39; PvA 77, 141, 160.
limity DhsA 44. — Compar. mahantatara DhA ii.63, and
mahā°: -alasa great sloth DhA iii.410. -avīci the great
with dimin. suffix °ka J iii.237. — The regular paraphrase
Purgatory Avīci, freq. -isi in poetry for mahesi at J v.321.
of mahā in the Niddesa is "agga, seṭṭha, visiṭṭha, pāmokkha, -upaṭṭhāna great state room (of a king) SnA 84. -upāsikā
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uttama, pavara," see Nd 502. a great female follower (of the Buddha) VvA 5. -karuṇā
Note on mahā & cpds. — A. In certain cpds. the comb n
great compassion DhA i.106, 367. -kāya a great body Miln
with mahā (mah°) has become so established & customary (of-
16. -gaṇa a great crowd or community DhA i.154. -gaṇḍa
ten through politeness in using mahā° for the simple term), that 1
a large tumour VbhA 104. -gedha great greed Sn 819; Nd
the cpd. is felt as an inseparable unity and a sort of "antique" 151. -cāga great liberality, adj. munificent Mhvs 27, 47. As
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word, in which the 2 part either does not occur any more by
°paricāga at SnA 295 (=mahādāna). -jana a great crowd, col-
itself or only very rarely, as mah' aṇṇava, which is more freq.
lectively for "the people," a multitude PvA 6, 19, 78; Mhvs 3,
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