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Mūla Mettā

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-phala (eatable) fruit, consisting of roots; roots as fruit Sn 239. Ags. mist=Oicel mistr "mist"] a cloud Pv ii.9 ; Vism 126;
-bandhana fundamental bond (?) or set of causes (?) Sn 524 esp. a thundercloud, storm, S i.100 (thaneti), 154; Th i.307 (as
sq., 530 sq., cp. SnA 429 — 431. -bīja having seeds in roots, kāḷa); It 66; J i.332 (pajjunna vuccati megha); DhA i.19; SnA
i. e. propagated by roots, one of the classes of plants enum d 27 (°thanita — sadda). In this capacity often called mahā-
under bījagāma (q. v.). -rasa taste of roots, or juice made fr. megha, e. g. Sn 30; DhA i.165; KhA 21; PvA 132. — On
roots VbhA 69; see under rasa. megha in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 124, 125.
-nātha having clouds as protectors (said with ref. to grass
Mūlaka (adj. nt.) [fr. mūla] 1. (adj.) (a) (—°) being caused by,
— eating animals) J iv.253. -maṇḍala cloud — circle, a cir-
having its reason through or from, conditioned by, originat-
cle of clouds SnA 27. -vaṇṇa cloud — coloured J v.321 (C.
ing in Vbh 390 (taṇhā° dhammā); Tikp. 233 sq., 252 sq., 288
for megha — sannibha); °pāsāṇa a sort of ornamental build-
sq. & passim; VbhA 200 sq., 207 sq. (sankhāra°, avijjā° etc.
ing stone Mhvs 30, 59 (v. l., T. meda°; trsl. fat — coloured
with ref. to the constituents of the Paṭicca — samuppāda);
stones). See meda°.
PvA 19. — (b) having a certain worth, price, being paid so
much, dear Mhvs 27, 23 (a °ṁ kammaṁ unpaid labour); DhA Mecaka (adj.) [cp. Vedic mecaka] black, dark blue DhsA 13.
i.398 (nahāna — cuṇṇa °ṁ catu — paṇṇāsa — koṭi dhanaṁ, Mejjati [cp. Vedic midyati, to mid, see meda Dhtp 160, 413 &
as price); ii.154 (pattha — pattha — mūlakā bhikkhā); iii.296
Dhtm 641 give mid with meaning "snehane"] to be fat, to be
(kiṁ mūlakaṁ how dear?). — 2. (nt.)=mūla, i. e. root, bulb,
full of fat; fig. to be in love with or attracted by, to feel af-
radish, only in cpd. mūlaka-kanda radish ( — root) J iv.88,
fection (this meaning only as a "petitio principii" to explain
491; DhA iv.78. — See also pulaka.
mettā) DhsA 192 (v. l. mijjati; =siniyhati).
Mūlika (adj. n.) [fr. mūla] 1. (m.) root — vendor Miln 331. — 1
Mejjha (adj. — nt.) [*medhya; fr. medha] 1. (adj.) [to medha ]
2. (adj. — °) belonging to the feet (pāda°), a footman, lackey
fit for sacrifice, pure; neg. a° impure Sdhp 363. 2. (nt.) [to
J i.122, 438; ii.300 sq. (N. of the king of Janasandha, Gāmaṇi 2
medha & medhāvin] in dum° foolishness Pug 21=Dhs 390
— caṇḍa); iii.417; v.128; vi.30. — 3. in rukkha° one who d
(expl at DhsA 254 by "yaṁ... citta — santānaṁ mejjhaṁ
lives at the foot of a tree: see under rukkha, where also °mū-
bhaveyya suci — vodānaṁ taṁ duṭṭhaṁ mejjhaṁ iminā ti
likatta.
dummejjhaṁ").
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Mūḷha [Vedic mūḍha, pp. of muh; cp. also muddha = Vedic
Meṇḍa [dial., cp. Prk. meǤṇṭha & miṇṭha: Pischel, Prk. Gr. §
mugdha] 1. gone astray, erring, having lost one's way 293. The Dhtm (156) gives a root meṇḍ (meḍ) in meaning of
(magga°) D i.85 ≈ (°ssa maggaṁ ācikkhati); Pv iv.1 48 (id.
"koṭilla," i. e. crookedness. The Ved. (Sk.) word for ram is
with pāvadati); PvA 112 (magga°). — 2. confused, infatu- meṣa] 1. a ram D i.9; J iv.250, 353 (°visāṇa — dhanu, a bow
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ated, blinded, erring, foolish D i.59; Pv iv.3 (sa°, better to be 1
consisting of a ram's horn). -°patha Npl. "ram's road" Nd
written sam°).
155=415. -°yuddha ram fight D i.6. — 2. a groom, elephant
-gabbhā (f.) a woman whose "foetus in utero" has gone
— driver in cpd. hatthi° elephants' keeper J iii.431; v.287;
astray, i. e. cannot be delivered properly, a woman difficult to
vi.489.
be delivered J i.407=DhA iv.192; Miln 169; VbhA 96. -rūpa
Meṇḍaka (adj.) [fr. meṇḍa] 1. made of ram(s) horn, said of a
foolish Dh 268; DhA iii.395.
(very strong) bow J ii.88 (°dhanu); v.128 (°singadhanu). — 2.
Mūsika (m.) & mūsikā (f.) [Vedic mūṣikā, fr. mūṣ] a mouse D
belonging to a ram, in meṇḍaka-pañha "question about the
ii.107=Pug 43 (f.); Vism 109 (m.), 252= KhA 46 (m.); Mhvs
ram" Miln 90 alluding to the story of a ram in the Ummagga
5, 30 (m.); VbhA 235.
— jātaka (J vi.353 — 55), which is told in form of a question,
-cchinna (auguries from the marks on cloth (gnawed by
so difficult & puzzling that nobody "from hell to heaven" (J
mice) D i.9 (mūsikā°; DA i.92 mūsika°=undurakhāyitaṁ; cp.
vi.354) can answer it except the Bodhisatta. Cp. Trenckner's
Dial. i.17). -darī a mouse — hole J i.462 (mūsikā°, so read remark Miln 422.
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for musikā°). -patha "Mouseroad" N. of a road Nd 155,
Metta (adj. nt.) [cp. Vedic maitra "belonging to Mitra"; Epic Sk.
415 (here mūsikā°). -potikā the young of a mouse J iv.188
maitra "friendly," fr. mitra] friendly, benevolent, kind as adj.
(mūsika°). -vijjā mouse craft D i.9 (cp. DA i.93).
at D iii.191 (mettena kāya — kammena etc.), 245 (°ṁ vacī —
Mūsī (f.) [Venic mūṣ & mūḥ mouse or rat; cp. Lat. mūs Gr. μϋς,
kammaṁ); as nt. for mettā in cpds. of mettā (cp. mettaṁsa)
Ohg. mūs=E. mouse. Not to muṣ to steal, but to same root as
and by itself at D i.227 (mettaṁ+cittaṁ), perhaps also at Sn
Lat. moveo, to move] a mouse S ii.270 (mudu° a tender, little
507.
m.).
Mettā (f.) [abstr. fr. mitra=mitta, cp. Vedic maitraṁ. Accord-
Me is enclitic form of ahaṁ in var. cases of the sg. See under
ing to Asl. 192 (cp. Expos. 258) derived fr. mid to love, to
ahaṁ.
be fat: "mejjati mettā siniyhatī ti attho"] love, amity, sympa-
Mekhalā (f.) [cp. Vedic mekhalā] a girdle J v.202, 294 (su°, adj.); thy, friendliness, active interest in others. There are var. def ns
ns
vi.456; ThA 35; KhA 109; DhA i.39; PvA 46. & expl of mettā: the stereotype "metti mettāyanā mettāyi-
tattaṁ mettā cetovimutti" Vbh 86=272; occurring as "metti
Mekhalikā (f.) [fr. mekhalā] a girdle Vin ii.185 (ahi°, consisting
of a snake). mettāyanā mettāyitattaṁ anudā anudāyana anudāyitattaṁ
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hitesitā anukampā abyāpādo... kusalamūlaṁ" at Nd 488 &
Megha [Vedic megha; not to mih, mehati (see mīḷha), but to Idg. 2
Dhs 1056 (where T. mettaṁ for metti, but see Dhs trsl. 253).
*meigh-, fog, rain; cp. Sk. miḥ mist; Av. maēga cloud; Gr. d
By Bdhgh at SnA 128 expl in distinction fr. karuṇā (which
ὀμίξλη fog, Lith. mighá fog, Dutch miggelen to drizzle, also
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