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Modara Moheti

obhāsento," i. e. shining. Moha [fr. muh, see muyhati; cp. Sk. moha & Vedic mogha]
stupidity, dullness of mind & soul, delusion, bewilderment,
Mona (nt.) [fr. muni, equal to *maunya taken by Nd as root
infatuation D iii.146, 175, 182, 214, 270; Vin iv.144, 145;
of moneyya] wisdom, character, self — possession Sn 540
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(°patha=ñāṇa — patha SnA 435), 718, 723; Nd 57; Nd 514 Sn 56, 74, 160, 638, 847; Vbh 208, 341, 391, 402; Pug 16;
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A (=ñāṇa & paññā); Th 1, 168 (what is monissaṁ? fut. 1 sg. Tikp 108, 122, 259. — Def as "dukkhe aññāṇaṁ etc., moha
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pamoha, sammoha, avijj' ogha etc.," by Nd 99 & Vbh 362;
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as "muyhanti tena, sayaṁ vā muyhati, muyhana — mattaṁ
Moneyya (nt.) [fr. muni, cp. Vedic moneya] state of a muni, muni
eva vā tan ti moho" and "cittassa andha — bhāva — lakkhaṇo,
— hood; good character, moral perfection. This is always rep-
aññāṇalakkhaṇo vā" at Vism 468. — Often coupled with rāga
resented as 3 fold, viz. kāya°, vacī°, mano° (see under muni), & dosa as one of the 3 cardinal affects of citta, making a man
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e. g. at D iii.220; A i.273; Nd 57; Nd 514 A (where also
unable to grasp the higher truths and to enter the Path: see un-
used as adj.: moneyyā dhammā properties of a perfect char- 2
der rāga (& Nd p. 237, s. v. rāga where the wide range of
acter). Cp. also Sn 484, 698, 700 sq. On moneyya-kolāhala
application of this set is to be seen). Cp. the 3 fires: rāg —
(forebodings of the highest wisdom) see the latter.
aggi, dos — aggi, moh — aggi It 92; D iii.217 also rāga —
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Momūha (adj.) [intens. — redupl. formation fr. moha & muh] kkhaya, dosa°, moha° VbhA 31 sq. — On comb with rāga,
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dull, silly, stupid, infatuated, bewildered (cp. Cpd. 83 ) D lobha & dosa see dosa and lobha. — On term see also Dhs
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i.27; A iii.164 sq.; Sn 840, 841, 1120; Nd 153 (=manda), 192; trsl. §§ 33, 362, 441; Cpd 16, 18, 41, 113, 146. — See further
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Nd 521 (=avidvā etc.); Pug 65. D i.80 (samoha — cittaṁ); Nd 15, 16 (with lobha & dosa);
VvA 14; PvA 3. — amoha absence of bewilderment Vbh 210
Momūhatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. momūha] silliness, foolishness, be-
(+alobha, adosa; as the 3 kusala — mūlāni: cp. mūla 3), 402
wilderment of the mind M i.520; A iii.119, 191, 219 (=man-
(id., as kusala — hetu). — Cp. pa°, sam°.
datta); Pug 69.
-antara (personal) quality of bewilderment (lit. having
Mora [the contracted, regular P. form of *Sk. mayūra, viâ *ma
m. inside) Sn 478 (taken by C. as "cause of m.," i. e. °kāraṇa,
— ūra>mora. See also Geiger, P.Gr. § 27 & Pischel, Prk.
°paccaya SnA 411; cp. antara=kāraṇa under antara I 2 b.).
Gr. § 166. — Vedic only mayūrī f. pea — hen] a peacock 1
-ussada quality of dullness Nd 72, 413. -kkhaya destruc-
J ii.275 (°upasevin, see C. on this passage); vi.218, 497; PvA
tion of infatuation Vbh 73; VbhA 51. -carita one whose habit
142; DhA i.394. A peacock's tail (sometimes used as a fan)
is infatuation Nett 90 (+rāgacarita & dosacarita). -tama the
is denoted in var. terms in cpds., as mora-kalāpa DhA i.387;
darkness of bewilderment MA 1. -dhamma anything that is
-piccha Vin i.186; -piñcha Vin ii.130; -pīñja PvA 142, 176; bewildering or infatuating Sn 276. -pāruta covered or ob-
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VvA 147; -sikali (?) KhA 49; -hattha Vv 33 (=mayūra — structed by delusion Pv iv.3 . -magga being on the road of
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piñjehi kataṁ makasa — vījaniṁ); Pv iii.1 . Perhaps also 1
infatuation Sn 347. -salla the sting of bewilderment Nd 59.
as morakkha "a peacock's eye" at VbhA 63 (morakkhaka
Mohatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. moha] infatuation, bewilderment A
loha, a kind of copper, grouped with pisācaloha). It is more
ii.120; iii.376.
likely however that morakkha is distorted fr. *mauryaka,
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patronymic of mura, a local (tribal) designation (cp. murala), Mohana (nt.) [fr. muh as Caus. form ] making dull or stupid, in-
then by pop. etym. connected with mora peacock. With this fatuation, enticement, allurement Sn 399, 772 (=mohanā vuc-
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cp. Sk. moraka "a kind of steel" BR. canti pañca kāmaguṇā Nd 26). The Sk. meaning is also "sex-
Moragu [cp. (scientific) Sk. mayūraka] a tender grass (Achyran- ual intercourse" (cp. Halāyudha p. 315), which may apply to
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the Sn passages SnA 517 (on Sn 772) expl "mohanaṁ vuccati
thes aspera) Vin i.196.
kāmaguṇā, ettha hi deva — manussā muyhanti."
Morinī (f.) [fr. mora] a peahen Miln 67.
Mohanaka (adj.) [fr. mohana] leading astray, bewildering, lead-
Moli (m. & f.) [cp. Epic Sk. mauli, fr. mūla] a chignon; crest,
ing into error Vin iv.144.
turban J i.64; v.431; Mhvs 11, 28; DA i.136 (v. l. moḷi).
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Mohaneyya & Mohanīya (adj.) [grd. form fr. moha] leading to
Also found (as molin, adj.?) in Np. Yama — moli: see un-
infatuation A ii.120; iii.110; J iii.499.
der yakkha 5.
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-galla (?) fat Vin i.85 (expl by thūla — sarīra; vv. ll. Moheti [Caus. fr. muh, see muyhati & cp. moha] to deceive,
moḷi° & mukalla). -baddha one who has his hair tied into a to befool, to take in, surprise, delude, aor. 2 nd sg. amohayi
top — knot 128, 243, 348. Sn 352; 3 rd sg. amohayi S iv.158= It 58 (maccu — rājan;
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Mosa (°—) (adj. — nt.) [the guṇa (comp ) form of musā] be- vv. ll. asamohayi & asamohari); reading somewhat doubt-
ful, cp. similar context Sn 1076 with "sabbesu dhammesu
longing to or untruth, false —; only in cpds. -dhamma of a rd
samūhatesu" (v. l. samoha°). — 3 sg. (poet.) also amo-
deceitful nature, false, A v.84 (kāma); Sn 739, 757; & -vajja
hayittha Sn 332 (mā vo pamatte viññāya maccurājā amohayit-
[fr. musā — vāda] false — speaking, lie, untruth S i.169; Sn
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819, 866, 943; Nd 152, 265; Nd 515; Vv 12 . tha vasānuge, cp. Sn ed. p. 58). — On mohayamāna DhA
i.275 see modati.
Mosalla (adj.) [fr. musala] worthy of being slain (with clubs),
punishable A ii.241.
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