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Makkhaṁ

Makkha

hypocrisy; usually combined with paḷāsa (see also palāsa MN.i.15 ; AN.i.95 , AN.i.100 , AN.i.299 ; AN.iv.148 , AN.iv.456 ; AN.v.39 , AN.v.156 , AN.v.209 AN.v.310 , AN.v.361 ; Iti.3 ; Snp.56 , Snp.437 , Snp.631 , Snp.1132 (cp. Cnd.484 makkhāyanā makkhāyitattaṃ niṭṭhuriya-kammaṃ, i.e. hardness, mercil

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hypocrisy; usually combined with paḷāsa (see also palāsa MN.i.15; AN.i.95, AN.i.100, AN.i.299; AN.iv.148, AN.iv.456; AN.v.39, AN.v.156, AN.v.209 AN.v.310, AN.v.361; Iti.3; Snp.56, Snp.437, Snp.631, Snp.1132 (cp. Cnd.484 makkhāyanā makkhāyitattaṃ niṭṭhuriya-kammaṃ, i.e. hardness, mercilessness); Dhp.150, Dhp.407; Ja.v.141; Vb.357, Vb.380, Vb.389; Pp.18, Pp.22; Mil.289, Mil.380; Dhp-a.iii.118 Dhp-a.vi.181.

  • -vinaya restraining fr. hypocrisy SN.ii.282; AN.v.165 sq.

fr. mṛkṣ, lit. smearing over. Cp. BSk. mrakṣa Śikṣ 198.8, in cpd. māna-mada-mrakṣa-paridāha etc.

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