wind, air, breeze SN.iv.218; Thag.2; Thig.372; Ja.i.167; Ja.iv.222; Ja.v.328 Ja.vi.189; Mil.319; Vism.172 (= vāyu); Vv-a.174, Vv-a.178.

• -īrita (contracted to māluterita) moved by the wind fanned by the breeze Thag.754; Thig.372; Vv.44#12 = Vv.81#6 Pv.ii.12#3. See similar expressions under īrita.

the proper Pali form for māruta, the a-stem form of maru² = Vedic marut or māruta