The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ma*.alika
Ma*.alika (adj. -- n.) [fr. ma*.ala, cp. ma*.alaka -- r!j! "the king of a small country" Mvyut 94] a district
officer, king's deputy Vin iii.47 f. ma*.alik!= ma*.ala 4, i. e. circus, ring, round, in assa˚ race court Vin
iii.6.
Ma*.alin
Ma*.alin (adj.) [fr. ma*.ala] 1. circular Th 1, 863 (ma*.ali -- p!k!ra). -- 2. having a disk, orbed (of the
sun) S i.51=VvA 116.
Ma*.ita
Ma*.ita [pp. of ma*.eti] adorned, embellished, dressed up Sdhp 244, 540. In cpd. ˚pas!dhita beautifully
adorned at J i.489; ii.48; vi.219. -- Cp. abhi˚.
Ma*.(ka
Ma*.(ka [Vedic ma*.(ka] a frog Vv 512; J iv.247; v.307; vi.164; KhA 46; VvA 217, 218; Sdhp 292. f.
mand(k" J i.341. -- Mand(ka is the name of an angel (devaputta) at Vism 208. -- ch!p" a young (female)
frog J vi.192. -- bhakkha eating frogs, frog eater (i. e. a snake) J iii.16.
Ma*.eti
Ma*.eti [ma*. to adorn, related to Lat. mundus world, cp. in meaning Gr. ko/ smos=ornament Dhtp 103
bh(sane, 566: bh(s!ya'] to adorn, embellish, beautify J iii.138; DhA ii.86. -- pp. ma*.ita.
Mata
Mata1 [pp. of maññati] thought, understood, considered (as= -- ˚), only late in use Vbh 2 (h"na˚ pa*"ta˚,
doubtful reading); Sdhp 55; Mhvs 25, 55 (tass! matena according to her opinion); 25, 110 (pasu -- sam!
mat!, pl. considered like beasts). Cp. sam˚. -- Note. Does mata -- s!yika at Th 1, 501 (=Miln 367) belong
under this mata? Then mata would have to be taken as nt. meaning "thought, thinking," but the phrase is not
without objection both semantically & syntactically. Mrs. Rh. D. (Brethren, p. 240) trsls "nesting -- place of
thought."
Mata
Mata2 [pp. of marati, m%] dead M i.88 (ek!ha˚ dead one day); iii.159 (matam eyya would go to die); Sn
200, 440; J v.480. Neg. amata see separate article. -- Note. mata at PvA 110 is to be corrected into cuta. --
kicca duty towards the dead, rites for the dead PvA 274.
Mataka
Mataka [fr. mata2] dead, one who is dead DhA ii.274. -- !k!ra condition of one who is dead J i.164 (˚'
dassati pretends to be dead). -- bhatta a meal for the dead, food offered to the manes J iv.151; DhA i.326
(=petakicca p. 328); iii.25.
Mati
Mati (f.) [Vedic mati, fr. man: cp. Av. maiti,, Lat. mens, mentem (cp. E. mental); Goth. ga -- munds,
gaminpi, Ohg. gi -- munt, E. mind] mind, opinion, thought; thinking of, hankering after, love or wish for