feminine a fly MN.iii.148; Mnd.484; Ja.ii.275 (nīla˚); Ja.iii.263 (pingala gadfly), Ja.iii.402; Snp-a.33 (pingala˚), Snp-a.572 (id.); Dhp-a.iv.58 Sdhp.396, Sdhp.529.
cp. Vedic makṣika & makṣikā
The corpus record — Pali
makkhikā
Makkhikā
feminine a fly MN.iii.148 ; Mnd.484 ; Ja.ii.275 (nīla˚); Ja.iii.263 (pingala gadfly), Ja.iii.402 ; Snp-a.33 (pingala˚), Snp-a.572 (id.); Dhp-a.iv.58 Sdhp.396 , Sdhp.529 . cp. Vedic makṣika & makṣikā
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Where it lives
- Digha Nikaya 2 · 0.14/10k
What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary
In the wild
- makkhikā Digha Nikaya 25 (dn25:8.5)
- makkhikā Digha Nikaya 8 (dn8:14.4)
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