Mangalika (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. mangala] 1. one who is feasting in, one whose auspices are such & such; fond of; only in kotūhala˚ fond of excitement J i.372; Miln 94 (apagata˚, without passion for excitement). -- 2. superstitious, looking out for lucky signs Vin ii.129 (gihī), 140 (id.). At J iv.72, 73; three sets of people are exemplified, who believe in omina as either diṭṭhaŋ (seen) or sutaŋ (heard) or mutaŋ (sensed); they are called diṭṭha -- mangalikā, suta˚ & muta˚ respectively. The same group is more explicitly dealt with in the Mangala -- sutta KhA 118 sq. (cp. Nd1 89); diṭṭhamangalika pañha "a question concerning visible omina" J iv.73 (correct meaning given under diṭṭha1, vol. ii.1561!), 390 (?). The Np. diṭṭha -- mangalikā at J iv.376 sq.