A country, with its people, included in the traditional list of the sixteen Great Nations AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260

The Macchā country lay to the south or south west of Indraprastha and …

…land); Pp.55; Sdhp.610
■ maccha is given at Cnd.91 as syn. of ambucārin
■ pūti˚; rotten fish MN.iii.168; & in simile at Iti.68 =…

One of the 16 Great Nations (Mahājanapadā), mentioned in the Pitakas. The countries mentioned are Aṅga, Māgadha, Kāsī, Kosala, Vajji, Mallā, Ceti, Vaṃsa, Kuru, Pañcāla, Macchā, Sūrasena, Assaka, Avant …

The books mention the sixteen Mahājanapadas or Great Nations, which existed in the time of the Buddha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 They are Kāsī, Kosala, Aṅga, Māgadha, Vajji, Mallā, Cetiya …

…Ānanda. SN.v.2 It was not far from Rājagaha and was the residence of Macchariya Kosiya.

Sākya, not far from Rājagaha3town

…It is mentioned with Maccha, and was located in the south of the Kuru country. Its capital was Mathurā. It is famous in the Epics and the…

selfish in regard to (supportive) families

selfish in regard to (supportive) families

selfishness, meanness in regard to (supportive) families

desire that is appetite, sensual appetite, appetite for sensual pleasure (the first of the nīvaraṇas and one of the saṃyojanas)

…vicikicchā); being a hindrance, which is an…

selfish about dwellings

selfish about dwellings

selfish, meanness about dwellings

…AN.i.272 (kāmacchanda etc.); AN.ii.158. (sukhadukkhaṃ), AN.ii.211; AN.ii.86 (cetosamatha), AN.iii.92 (vūpasantacitta); AN.iv.32…

… * -rohita-maccha fresh fish Ja.iii.333.

• -āvalepana see → adda³.

3. wet = with connotation of clean…

…is “amarā nāma maccha-jāti, sā ummujjana-nimmujjan-ādi vasena… gahetuṃ na sakkoti” etc. This meaning is not beyond doubt,…

…water“, a fish Snp.62 (= maccha Cnd.91).

• -sevāla a water-plant Thag.113.

Vedic ambu & ambhas = Gr. ο ̓́μβρος,…

…generous DN.iii.47 (+ amaccharin; variant reading anussukin); Snp-a.569 (see under niṭṭhurin).

an + issukin,…

…viz. odana, kummāsa, sattu, maccha, maṃsa (rice gruel, flour, fish, meat) Mnd.372 = Mnd.495. Anna is spelt aṇṇa in…

…with amakkhin & amaccharin) or “brave, fearless, energetic” (= apalāyin) DN.iii.47 cp. Pp.22. See…

…apihālu); Snp.852 (+ amaccharin, expl^d. at Snp-a.549 as apihana-sīlo, patthanātanhāya rahito ti vuttaṃ hoti, thus perhaps…

…gacchanti ti pi avadāniyā; maccharino pi vuccanti avadāniyā; buddhānaṃ vacanaṃ n’âdiyantī ti avadāniyā. Snp-a.516 condenses this…

…very terrible AN.ii.55. -maccha rich in fish Ja.iii.430 -mata much esteemed, venerable Cp.vi.7; Pv-a.117…

…gruel, sattu meal flour, maccha fish, maṃsa meat). Soft food, as distinguished from khādaniya hard food Ja.i.90. See…

…gruel, sattu meal flour, maccha fish, maṃsa meat). Soft food, as distinguished from khādaniya hard food Ja.i.90. See…

…gruel, sattu meal flour, maccha fish, maṃsa meat). Soft food, as distinguished from khādaniya hard food Ja.i.90. See…

Bila¹

neuter a hole, den, cave AN.ii.33 = SN.iii.85; Thag.189 Mnd.362; Ja.i.480; Ja.ii.53; Ja.vi.574 (= guhā C.); Mil.151 Sdhp.23
■ kaṇṇa˚; orifice of the ear Vism.195; vammīka˚; ant …

to move, stir, be agitated, tremble, be confused, waver SN.i.107; Snp.752; Ja.i.303 (kileso cali), Ja.iii.188 (macchā c.) Mil.260
ppr med. calamāna Ja.iv.331
■ Esp. freq. in expression kammaja-vā …

…SN.iii.232 sq. SN.v.92 (kāmacchando cittassa upakkileso); AN.i.207 AN.v.93 sq
■ otiṇṇa˚ fallen in love AN.iii.67; Snp-a.322.

…

…saddho purisapuggalo sabbe maccharino loke cāgena atirocati “he who is virtuous & religious excels all stingy people in generosity”…

…Snp.487 Pv.i.11#4 (+ amaccharin) Ja.i.199 Mil.279f.; Sdhp.275 Sdhp.303

• -puñña the religious merit of almsgiving or liberality ‣See…

…one quarter Dhp-a.ii.52; ekamaccha a single fish Ja.i.222. In enumeration: eka dve pañca dasa Dhp-a.i.24. With other numerals: eka-tiṃsa (31)…

…dussa˚ Dhp-a.ii.87; maccha˚ Ja.iv.139; hattha˚ Ja.i.294; byanjana˚-lakkhaṇa Ne.27 gahaṇatthāya in order to get… Ja.i.279;…

…DN.ii.242; Snp.241 sq; maccha˚ the scent of fish Ja.iii.52; muttakarīsa˚ the smell of faeces and urine AN.iii.158; catujāti˚ four kinds…

…future life Dhp.380; esā maccharino gati “this is the fate of the selfish” Pv.iii.1#14; sabbagatī te ijjhantu “all fate be a success to…

…a crowd of women Ja.iv.316 maccha˚ a swarm of fish Ja.ii.227; vana˚ dense forest Ja.ii.385; Ja.iv.56; Ja.v.502; Ja.vi.11, Ja.vi.519, Ja.vi.564;…

…(thī˚ = itthi˚); Pp.56 (maccha˚)
■ As noun: (m.) one who slays, an executioner: go˚ a bull-slaughterer MN.i.244, etc. (see…

…(jālagandhaṃ); Ja.iii.52 (macchagandhaṃ); Mil.347. Cp. sāyati & upagghāyati.

Sk. ghrāti & jighrati, to; ghrā, cp….

…soldiers Vin.i.345; of fish (maccha˚) DN.i.84 = MN.i.279 = MN.ii.22; AN.i.9. 2. a thicket, a bush, jungle; the lair of an animal in a thicket…

…jealous Vin.ii.89 (+ maccharin); DN.iii.45, DN.iii.246; MN.i.43, MN.i.96; SN.iv.241; AN.iii.140, AN.iii.335; AN.iv.2; Dhp.262; Ja.iii.259;…

…envy, ill-will DN.ii.277 (˚macchariya); DN.iii.44 (id.); MN.i.15; SN.ii.260; AN.i.95, AN.i.105 (˚mala), AN.i.299; AN.ii.203; AN.iv.8…

inhabited country, the country (opp. town or market-place), the continent politically: a province, district, county DN.i.136 (opp nigama); DN.ii.349; AN.i.160, AN.i.178; Snp.422, Snp.683, Snp.995, Sn …

…and mentioned with maccharī, freq. also with paribhāsaka SN.i.34, SN.i.96; AN.ii.59;…

…in macchariya -passage at Cnd.614 = Dhs.1122 = Pp.19, Pp.23 = Vb.357, Vb.371; and in the macchariya explⁿ at…

…= pañca nīvaraṇāni (kāmacchanda etc.), the gratifications of the heart Thag.1010 (corr. kelisā to keḷiyo!)
■ citta-keḷiṃ…

…Kp-a.194); -maccha without fish (of a lake) Dhp.155; -vyappatha without the way of (evil…

…Pv-a.12, Pv-a.29; -macchariya selfishness concerning one’s family, touchiness about his clan DN.iii.234 (in list…

…˚pakkhika SN.v.91;

• -macchariya Dhs.1122 is to be corrected to kula˚ instead of kusala˚ (meanness as regards family…

…Dhp-a.ii.2; see also kāmacchanda passage. -pāla the guardian of wishes i.e. benefactor Ja.v.221;…

…lohita-pāṇitāya, macchaghātakamigabandhaka-sākuṇik’ādayo idha adhippetā); Vv.63#1 Ja.ii.154 (˚putta = luddaka); Ja.iii.432…

…Dhp-a.iv.38.

• -macchariya selfishness in acquisitions AN.iii.273; DN.iii.234; Pp.19, Pp.23; Dhs.1122 *…

… ■ maccharaṃ (nt.) avarice envy AN.iv.285; Snp.811, Snp.862, Snp.954 (vīta-macchara, adj.).

Vedic matsara & matsarin enjoyable;…

adjective selfish, envious, greedy (cp. Dhs trsl.² p. 320); AN.ii.82; AN.iii.139, AN.iii.258, AN.iii.265; DN.iii.45, DN.iii.246; Dhp.263; Snp.136, Snp.663; Mnd.36; Ja.i.345; Ja.v.391; Vv. …

…explⁿ of macchariya at Vb-a.513 is rather interesting: “idaṃ acchariyaṃ mayhaṃ eva hotu, mā…

…(nt.) the condition of selfishness, both expressions in defⁿ of macchariya at Dhs.1122; Pp.19, Pp.23;…

to be selfish, greedy or envious Ja.vi.334; Dhp-a.ii.45, Dhp-a.ii.89.

Demon. fr. macchariya

Macchera

see macchariya.

…explⁿ of macchariya at Vb-a.513 is rather interesting: “idaṃ acchariyaṃ mayhaṃ eva hotu, mā…

fish-catcher, fisherman AN.iii.301; Ja.v.270; Ja.vi.111; Mil.331.

fr. maccha

female fish Ja.ii.178.

of maccha

…Pv-a.3, Pv-a.78.

• -maccha a great fish, seamonster Ja.i.483.
• -mati very wise, clever Mhvs.14,…

…khayā); Thig.132 (abbūḷhasalla)
■ Explained at Pts.ii.243 by nekkhammena kāmacchandato n.; arahattamaggena sabbakilesehi n….

…p. āvaraṇāni), viz. kāmacchanda, (abhijjhā-)vyāpāda, thīna-middha, uddhaccakukkucca vicikicchā i.e. sensuality, ill-will, torpor of…

…SN.ii.260; Pv-a.46, cp macchariyā pakata afflicted with selfishness Pv-a.124 On pakata at Iti.89 see apakata
■…

…odāna kummāsa, sattu, maccha, maṃsa Vin.iv.176. -macchariyāni 5 kinds of selfishness: āvāsa˚ kula˚ lābha vaṇṇa˚ dhamma˚….

…Pv-a.24 (issā-macchariya˚).

• -atthika one who is looking for fruit Vism.120 *…

…reading vālehi).

to phala³

Phāla³

in loṇa-maccha˚; a string (?) or cluster of salted fish Vism.28.

…(piṭake nikkhitta-loṇa-maccha-phāla-sadisaṃ phaṇaṃ); dhañña˚ a grain-basket Dhp-a.iii.370; vīhi˚; a rice basket…

…Rh. D.) Vv.44#11 (= dibba-maccha Vv-a.191); Thig.508 (= so-called fish Thag-a.292); Ja.iv.466.

• -vacana “speaking in…

…pāvusa, SS puṭusa, BB pātusa & pāvuma; C. explains as mahā-mukha-maccha).

cp. Sk. vāgusa, a sort of large fish Halāyudha 3, 37

…slab of stone Ja.iv.328

• -macchaka a kind of fish (stone-fish) Ja.iv.70; Ja.vi.450
• -lekha writing on a stone Pp.32. *…

…fish Silurus Boalis, a kind of shad Ja.iv.70 (C pāṭhīna-nāmakaṃ pāsāṇa-macchaṃ); Ja.v.405; Ja.vi.449.

cp. Sk. pāṭhīna Manu 5,…

…= ˚kāya SN.i.236.

• -maccha stinking fish MN.iii.168 (+ ˚kuṇapa & ˚kummāsa); in simile at Iti.68 = Ja.iv.435 =…

…in standing term rohita-maccha the “red fish,” viz. Cyprinus Rohita, which is freq. mentioned in the “Jātaka literature, e.g….

…nt. satisfaction Ja.i.211 (˚maccha the fish you like); Ja.ii.182 (tava ˚ṃ karosi you do whatever you like). a˚; unpleasant, distasteful…

…of devas DN.ii.260

• -macchara with envy Snp.862.
• -yoga = karaṇa-vacana Snp-a.44. *…

…Ja.iv.430; Mil.134 Kp-a.43 (maccha˚); Ne.23; Dhs-a.319
■ sakalikaṃ sakalikaṃ in little pieces Vin.ii.112
■ sakalika-hīra a…

to sit down together Ja.ii.67 (samacchare); Ja.iv.356; Ja.vi.104, Ja.vi.127.

saṃ + acchati

…3 sīlabbataparāmāso; 4 kāmacchando; 5 vyāpādo 6 rūparāgo; 7 arūparāgo; 8 māno; 9 uddhaccaṃ 10 avijjā. The first three are the *tīṇi…

fowler SN.ii.256; AN.iii.303; Pp.56; Ja.i.208. combined with miga-bandhaka & macchaghātaka at Snp-a.289; with māgavika & maccha-ghātaka at Pp.56.

fr. sakuṇa

…Snp.244; Pv-a.68 (+ maccharin); kiṃ˚; of what behaviour? Pv.ii.9#13 keḷi˚; tricky Pv-a.241; damana˚; one who conquers…

…thambha & thūṇa.

• -maccharin obdurate & selfish, or very selfish Dhp-a.iii.313; Vv-a.69; Pv-a.45; *…

…Iti.68 = Ja.iv.435 (pūtimacchaṃ kusaggena, cp. Dhp-a.i.45). 2. to bear enmity towards (loc.), to grudge scorn Dhp.3, Dhp.4

pp…

…avarice Snp.941 (= pañca macchariyāni Mnd.422, as at Cnd.614), Snp.1033 (where Ne.11 reads vivicchā); Pp.19, Pp.23; Dhs.1059 Dhs.1122; Cnd….

…kind of ornament), Ja.i.243 (maccha-maṃsa˚); Mil.403 (bhojana˚ all kinds of material things); Vism.376 (bhājana˚ special bowl) Vb-a.230…

plunder, pillage MN.i.456 (maccha˚ fishhaul); Ja.i.7; Ja.iii.8; Ja.vi.409; Dpvs.ix.7 (˚kamma). vilopaṃ khādati to live by plunder…

…Mnd.203 2 a fish Dhp.34 (= maccha Dhp-a.i.289); Ja.v.464 (= Ānanda-maccha C.), Ja.v.507. -da “water-giver,” i.e. cloud Dāvs iii.40….

Vāḷa¹

1. a snake Vism.312 (so read for vaḷa).
2. a beast of prey AN.iii.102 (amanussa); Ja.i.295; Ja.iii.345 (˚macchā predaceous fishes); Mil.23 (˚vana forest of wild beas …

…without anger Snp.12.

• -macchara without envy, unselfish Snp.954; Mnd.444; Ja.v.398; Pv.iii.1#15. *…

…Snp.687; Ja.i.207 (˚maccha leviathan); Ja.vi.589 (˚bheri festive drum) DN-a.i.53 (= pītiyā etaṃ adhivacanaṃ).

Vedic ānanda, fr….