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Mataka [fr. mata2] dead, one who is dead DhA ii.274.
-- ākāra condition of one who is dead J i.164 (˚ŋ dassati pretends to be dead). -- bhatta a meal for the dead, food offered to the manes J iv.151; DhA i.326 (=petakicca p. 328); iii.25.