The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Mammana (adj.) [onomat. cp. babbhara. With Sk. marmara rustling to Lat. fremo to roar=Gr. bre/mw to
thud, bronth/ thunder, Ger. brummen. Cp. also Sk. murmura =P. mummura & muramur!, Lat. murmur]
stammering, stuttering Vin ii.90 (one of the properties of bad or faulty speech, combd with dubbaca &
e)agalav!ca).
Maya
Maya (adj.) ( -- ˚ only) [Vedic maya] made of, consisting of. -- An interesting analysis (interesting for
judging the views and sense of etymology of an ancient commentator) of maya is given by Dhammap!la at
VvA 10, where he distinguishes 6 meanings of the word, viz. 1. asma -- d -- atthe, i. e. "myself" (as
representing maya'!). -- 2. paññatti "regulation" (same as 1. according to example given, but constructed
syntectically quite diff. by Dhp.). -- 3. nibbatti "origin" (arising from, with example mano -- maya
"produced by mind"). -- 4. manomaya "spiritually" (same as 3). -- 5. vik!r' atthe "alteration" (? more like
product, consistency, substance), with example "sabbe -- ma&&ik!maya -- ku&ik!." -- 6. pada -- p(ra*a matte
to make up a foot of the verse (or add a syllable for the sake of completeness, with example "d!namaya,
s"lamaya" (=dana; s"la). -- 1. made of: a&&hi˚ of bone Vin ii.115; ayo˚ of iron Sn 669; Pv i.104; J iv.492;
udum-
-- 524 --
bara˚ of Ud. wood Mhvs 23, 87; d!ru˚ of wood, VvA 8; loha˚ of copper Sn 670; ve)uriya˚ of jewels Vv 21.
-- 2. consisting in: d!na˚ giving alms PvA 8, 9; dussa˚ clothes Vv 467; dhamma˚ righteousness S i.137. -- 3.
(more as apposition, in the sense as given by Dhp. above under 6) something like, a likeness of, i. e.
ingredient, substance, stuff; in !h!ra˚ food -- stuff, food J iii.523; utu˚ something like a (change in) season
Vism 395; s"la˚ character, having s"la as substance (or simply -- consisting of) It 51 (d!na˚, s"la˚, bh!van!˚).
Maya'
Maya' [1st pl. of aha', for vaya' after may! etc. See aha'] we Vin ii.270; Sn 31, 91, 167; Dh 6; KhA 210.
May(kha
May(kha [Vedic may(kha in diff. meaning, viz. a peg for fastening a weft etc., Zimmer Altind. Leben 254]
a ray of light Abhp. 64; Dhp. A 426 (old citation, unverified).
May(ra
May(ra [Vedic may(ra] a peacock D iii.201; S ii.279; Th 1, 1113; J ii.144, 150 (˚g"va)=DhA i.144; J iv.211
(˚nacca); v.304; vi.172, 272, 483; Vv 111, 358 (= sikha*.in VvA 163); VvA 27 (˚g"va -- va**a); Sdhp 92.
The form may(ra occurs nearly always in the G!th!s and is the older form of the two m. and mora .
The latter contracted form is found in Prose only and is often used to explain the old form, e, g. at VvA 57.
See also mora.
Mara
Mara (adj.) [fr. m%] dying; only neg. amara not dying, immortal, in phrase ajar!mara free from decay &
death Th ii.512; Pv ii.611. See also amara.
Mara*a
Mara*a (nt.) [fr. m%] death, as ending this (visible) exist- ence, physical death, in a narrower meaning than
k!lakiriy!; dying, in cpds. death. -- The customary stock definition of mara*a runs; ya' tesa' tesa' satt!na'
tamh! tamh! satta -- nik!y! cuti cavanat! bhedo antaradh!na', maccu mara*a' k!lakiriy!, khandh!na'