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makkha

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Makkha1 [fr. mṛkṣ, lit. smearing over. Cp. BSk. mrakṣa Śikṣ 198. 8, in cpd. māna -- mada -- mrakṣa -- paridāha etc.] hypocrisy; usually combd with paḷāsa(see also palāsa) M i.15; A i.95, 100, 299; iv.148, 456; v.39, 156, 209, 310, 361; It 3; Sn 56, 437, 631, 1132 (cp. Nd2 484= makkhāyanā makkhāyitattaŋ niṭṭhuriya -- kammaŋ, i. e. hardness, mercilessness); Dh 150, 407; J v.141; Vbh 357, 380, 389; Pug 18, 22; Miln 289, 380; DhA iii.118; vi.181.

 -- vinaya restraining fr. hypocrisy S ii.282; A v.165 sq.