mohana

making dull or stupid, infatuation, enticement, allurement Snp.399, Snp.772 (= mohanā vuccanti pañca kāmaguṇā Mnd.26). The Sk. meaning is also “sexual intercourse” (cp. Halāyudha p. 315), which may apply to the Snp p.ssages Snp-a.517 (on Snp.772) explains “mohanaṃ vuccati kāmaguṇā, ettha hi deva-manussā muyhanti.”

fr. muh as Caus. formn