Muttā (f.) [cp. Sk. muktā] a pearl Vv 377 (˚ācita); Pv ii.75 (+veḷuriya); Mhvs 30, 66. Eight sorts of pearls are enumd at Mhvs. 11, 14, viz. haya -- gaja -- rath' āmalakā valay'anguli -- veṭhakā kakudha -- phala -- pākatikā, i.e. horse -- , elephant -- , waggon -- , myrobalan -- , bracelet -- , ring -- , kakudha fruit -- , and common pearls.

 -- āhāra a string or necklace of pearls J i.383; vi.489; DhA i.85; SnA 78 (simile); Vism 312. -- jāla a string (net) of pearls J iv.120; Mhvs 27, 31; VvA 198.-- dāma garland or wreath of p. Mhvs 30, 67 (so T. for v. l. ˚maya). -- vali string of pearls VvA 169. -- sikkā string of pearls VvA 244.