Mahisa, Mahīsa, Mahiŋsa [cp. Vedic mahiṣa, an enlarged form of mahā; the P. etym. evidently to be connected with mahā+īś, because of mahīsa>mahiŋsa] a buffalo. -- mahisa: D i.6 (˚yuddha b. -- fight), 9; J iii.26 (vana˚ wild b.); Mhvs 25, 36 (T. māhisaŋ). -- mahīsa J vi.110. -- mahiŋsa Vism 191, & in Np.mahiŋsaka -- maṇḍala the Andhra country J i.356, cp. Mahiŋsaka -- raṭṭha VbhA 4; as Mahisa -- maṇḍala at Mhvs 12, 29. -- Note. The P. pop. etym. is propounded by Bdhgh as "mahiyaŋ setī ti mahiso" (he lies on the ground, that is why he is a buffalo) DhsA 62.