Musā (adv.) [Vedic mṛṣā, fr. mṛṣ, lit. "neglectfully"] falsely, wrongly; uṣually with verbs vadati, bhanati, bhāsati & brūti to speak falsely, to tell a lie. -- Ai.149 (opp. saccaŋ); Sn 122, 158, 397, 400, 757, 883, 967, 1131; Nd1 291; Pv i.33; VvA 72 (=abhūtaŋ atacchaŋ); SnA 19; PvA 16, 152.
-- vāda lying, a falsehood, a lie D i.4, 25; iii.68 sq.; 92 sq., 106, 170, 195, 232, 269; M i.414; Sn 129, 242 (cp. D ii.174); Dh 246; Pug 57; Nd1 268; Vv 158; Pv i.68; VbhA 383 (var. degrees); PvA 16; Sdhp 65; explicitly at Nd1 152, 394; Nd2 515. Cp. mosavajja. -- vādin speaking falsely, lying D i.138;iii.15, 82; Dh 176; Pug 29, 38.