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Mānasa Māra

daya. The word, used absolutely, is more a t. t. in philosophy Māpaka (—°) (adj. n.) [fr. māpeti] one who measures, only in
than a living part of the language. It is more frequent as — ° doṇa° (a minister) measuring the d. revenue (of rice) J ii.367,
in adj. use, where its connection with mano is still more felt. 381; DhA iv.88; and in dhañña° measuring corn or grain J
Its absolute use probably originated from the latter use. — iii.542 (°kamma, the process of...); Vism 278 (in comparison).
DhsA 140 (=mano); Vbh 144 sq. (in definition of viññāṇa as
Māpeti [Caus. of mā, see mināti. The simplex mimīte has the
cittaṁ, mano, mānasaṁ, hadayaṁ etc.: see mano ii.3); DhA
meaning of "erect, build" already in Vedic Sk.] 1. to build,
ii.12 (paradāre mānasaṁ na bandhissāmi "shall have no inten- 53
construct S ii.106 (nagaraṁ); Mhvs 6, 35 (id.); Vv 84 ; VvA
tion towards another's wife," i. e. shall not desire another's
260. — 2. to create, bring about, make or cause to appear by
wife); Mhvs 4, 6 (sabbesaṁ hita — mānasā with the intention
supernatural power (in folkoristic literature, cp. nimmināti in
of common welfare); 32, 56 (rañño hāsesi mānasaṁ gladdened
same sense) J ii.111 (sarīraṁ nāvaṁ katvā māpesi transformed
the heart of the king). — As adj. (—°): being of such &
into a ship); iv.274; Mhvs 28, 31 (maggaṁ caused a road to
such a mind, having a... mind, with a... heart; like: ādīna°
appear). — 3. to measure out (?), to declare (?), in a doubtful
with his mind in danger S v.74 (+apatiṭṭhitacitta); uggata°
passage J iv.302, where a misreading is probable, as indicated
lofty — minded VvA 217; pasanna° with settled (peaceful)
by v. l. BB (samāpassiṁsu for T. tena amāpayiṁsu). Perhaps
mind Sn 402 and frequently; mūḷha° infatuated Mhvs 5, 239; we should read tena — māsayiṁsu.
rata° PvA 19; sañcodita° urged (in her heart) PvA 68; soka-
Māmaka (adj.) [fr. mama] lit. "mine," one who shows af-
santatta° with a heart burning with grief PvA 38.
fection (not only for himself), making one's own, i.e. de-
Mānasāna (adj.) [fr. mānasa, secondary formation]= mānasa in 1
voted to, loving Sn 806 (=Buddha°, Dhamma°, Sangha° Nd
adj. use Sn 63 (rakkhita°). n 1
125; =mamāyamāna SnA 534), 927 (same expl at Nd 382);
Mānassin (adj. n.) [prob. fr. manassin (*manasvin) under in- Miln 184 (ahiṁsayaṁ paraṁ loke piyo hohisi māmako ti), —
fluence of māna. Cp. similar formation mānavant] proud Vin Buddha° devoted to the B. J i.299; DhA i.206. f. °māmikā
d
ii.183 (expl by Bdhgh in a popular way as "mana — ssayino J iii.182. — In voc. f. māmike at Th 2, 207 (cp. ThA 172)
māna — nissitā"). The corresponding passage at J i.88 reads "mother," we may perhaps have an allusion to mā "mother"
māna — jātikā māna — tthaddhā. [cp. Sk. māma uncle, Lat. mamma mother, and mātā]. —
amāmaka see sep.; this may also be taken as "not loving."
Mānikata [pp. of a verb māni — karoti, which stands for māna
— karoti, and is substituted for mānita after analogy of pu- Māyā (f.) [cp. Vedic māyā. Suggestions as to etym. see Walde,
rakkhata, of same meaning] lit. "held in high opinion," i. e. Lat. Wtb. s. v. manticulor] 1. deceptive appearance, fraud,
honoured, worshipped S ii.119 (garukata m. pūjita). deceit, hypocrisy Sn 245, 328 (°kata deceit), 469, 537, 786,
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Mānikā (f.) [cp. māna 2] a weight, equal to 4 Doṇas SnA 476 941 (: māyā vuccati vañcanikā cariyā Nd 422); Vbh 357, 361,
389; Miln 289; Vism 106 (+sātheyya, māna, pāpicchatā etc.),
(catudoṇaṁ mānikā). Cp. BSk. mānikā, e. g. Divy 293 sq.
479 (māyā viya viññāṇaṁ); VbhA 34 (in detail), 85, 493 (def.).
Mānita [pp. of māneti] revered, honoured Ud 73 (sakkata m.
Is not used in Pali Abhidhamma in a philosophical sense. — 2.
pūjita apacita). — A rather singular by — form is mānikata
mystic formula, magic, trick M i.381 (āvaṭṭanī m.). khattiya°
(q. v.).
the mystic formula of a kh. J vi.375; Miln 190; DhA i.166.
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Mānin (adj.) (—°) [fr. mana ] proud (of) Sn 282 (samaṇa°), In the sense of "illusion" often comb with marīci, e. g. at J
a ii
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889 (paripuṇṇa°); Dh 63 (paṇḍita° proud of his cleverness, cp. ii.330; v.367; Nd 680 . — 3. jugglery, conjuring Miln 3. —
DhA ii.30); J i.454 (atireka°); iii.357 (paṇḍita°); Sdhp 389, On māyā in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 122; on term in general
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417. — f. māninī Mhvs 20, 4 (rūpa° proud of her beauty). Dhs trsl. 255 ("ilḷusion"); Expos. 333, 468 . — As adj. in
amāya (q. v.) & in bahu-māye rich in deceit SnA 351. —
Mānusa (adj. n.) [cp. Vedic mānuṣa; fr. same base (manus) as
Note. In the word maṁ at KhA 123 (in pop. etym. of man —
manussa] 1. (adj.) human Sn 301 (bhoga); It 94 (kāmā dibbā
ca mānusā); Pv ii.9 21 (m. deha); 9 56 (id.). — amānusa di- gala) the ed. of the text sees an acc. of mā which he takes to
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vine Vv 35 ; Pv ii.12 ; ghostly (=superhuman) Pv iv.3 ; f. be a contracted form of māyā (=iddhi).
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amānusī Pv iii.7. — 2. (n. m.) a human being, a man Mhvs -kāra a conjurer, magician S iii.142; Vism 366 (in com-
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15, 64; f. mānusī a (human) woman J iv.231; Pv ii.4 . — parison); VbhA 196.
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amānusa a superhuman being Pv iv.1 . — pl. mānusā men Māyāvin (adj.) [fr. māyā, cp. Vedic māyāvin] deceitful, hypo-
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Sn 361, 644; Pv ii.11 . As nt. in collective sense=mankind Pv critical D iii.45, 246; Sn 89, 116, 357; Pug 19, 23; PvA 13.
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ii.11 (v. l. mānussaṁ; C.=manussaloka). See also amāyāvin.
Mānusaka=mānusa, viz. 1. (adj.) human: A i.213 (sukhaṁ); Sn Māra [fr. mṛ, later Vedic, māra killing, destroying, bringing
524 (brahma — khettaṁ); Dh 417 (yogaṁ= m. kāyaṁ DhA death, pestilence, cp. Lat. mors death, morbus illness, Lith.
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iv.225); Vv 35 ; J i.138 (kāmā). — f. manusikā Vism 407. māras death, pestilence] death; usually personified as Np.
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— 2. a human being, man Pv iv.1 . Also nt. (collectively) Death, the Evil one, the Tempter (the Buddhist Devil or Prin-
pl. mānusakāni human beings, men DhA i.233. ciple of Destruction). Sometimes the term māra is applied to
Māneti [Caus. of man, cp. Sk. mānayati, Lat. moneo to admon- the whole of the worldly existence, or the realm of rebirth, as
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ish. Ger. mahnen, Ags. manian. The Dhtp 593 gives root as opposed to Nibbāna. Thus the def of m. at Nd 506 gives
mān in meaning "pūjā"] to honour, revere, think highly of PvA "kammâbhisankhāra — vasena paṭisandhiko khandha-māro,
54 (aor. mānesuṁ,+garukariṁsu+pūjesuṁ). — pp. mānita. dhātu°, āyatana°. — Other general epithets of M (quasi twin
— embodiments) are given with Kaṇha, Adhipati, Antaka,
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