The corpus record — Sanskrit

maśakena

Moskito

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Where it lives

Chandogya Upanisad 3 · 0.64/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 3 · 0.4/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. masäka-

masäka- m. Mücke, Stechfliege, Moskito (AV +). - Mi., nu., dard., ni., pkt. masaa- m. Moskito, u.a. (Tu 9917f.). - Vgl iran. *makasa- (—- pä. makasa- ‘Moskito’ < *makasa-, W. Schulze, KZ 43 [1910] 379 Anm. 1=KS 627 Anm. 1) in parth. mgs, MP. np. magas Fliege, yidga moyuso dss., u.a. (s.u.). - masarsära- - masüra- 335 Vielleicht urverwandt mit lit. mäfala(s) Kriebelmücke, lett. masals, masala Roßfliege. Die … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. masäka-, p. 362]

2. مَسَكَ-

masaka- m Icderner Wasserschlauch (Käty$S Komm) - Offenbar iran (leiztlich semit‘} Ursprungs, vgl ap maskä-f Y1oß aus aufgcblasener Haut, Schlauchfloß (DBI86,s Schm, Bis 55), mp np mask ‘skin bag‘ (-syr msk’Haur’un,Hüb, Gr 311, Kent 203b, HohJob 603b, Frisk II 213) F Thiesen, briefl 394 masaka” - masinä masaka* ım Plur Benennung der Ksattıya in Säkadvipa (Mbh, ua) - Wohliran wie maga-(0 111376), mandaga-(o 111387), … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. masaka-, p. 427]

In the wild

maśakena Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,3.22
maśakena Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,3.23
maśakena Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,4.4
maśako Chandogya Upanisad chup_6,10.2
maśako Chandogya Upanisad chup_6,9.3
maśako Chandogya Upanisad chup_6,9.4

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