mosquito Vin.ii.119; SN.i.52 (a˚ free from m.); AN.ii.117; Snp.20; Ja.i.246; Sdhp.50. See also cpd. ḍaṃsa˚.

• -kuṭikā mosquito net or curtain Vin.ii.119, Vin.ii.130
• -vījanī mosquito fan Vin.ii.130.

fr. Vedic maśaka viâ *masaka → makasa: see Geiger,

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