1. a pestle (whilst udukkhala is “mortar,” cp. Ja.ii.428 & see udukkhala) DN.i.166 = Pp.55; Dhp-a.ii.131 (+ suppa).
2. a club AN.ii.241; Vv-a.121.
3. a crowbar Ja.i.199; Pv-a.258 (˚daṇḍa).

cp. Vedic musala. The etym. is probably to be connected with mṛd (see maddati)