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māsācita

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Māsācita [māsa1+ācita] filled by the (say 6 or more) month(s), i. e. heavy (alluding to the womb in advanced pregnancy), heaped full M i.332 (kucchi garu -- garu viya māsācitaŋ maññe ti; Neumann trsls "wie ein Sack voll Bohnen," thus taking m.=māsa2, and ācita as "heap" which however is not justified). This passage has given rise to a gloss at Vbh 386, where māsācitaŋ maññe was added to kāyo garuko akammañño, in meaning "heavy, languid." The other enumns of the 8 kusīta -- vatthūni (A iv.332; D iii.255) do not give m. m. It may be that the resemblance between akam<-> mañño and maññe has played a part in reminding the Commentator of this phrase. The fact that Bdhgh comments on this passage in the VbhA (p. 510) shows, that the reading of Vbh 386 is a very old one. Bdhgh takes māsa in the sense of māsa2 & expls māsācita as "wet bean" (tinta māso), thus omitting expln of ācita. The passage at VbhA 510 runs: "ettha pana māsācitaŋ nāma tintamāso, yathā tintamāso garuko hoti, evaŋ garuko ti adhippāyo."