musā

See also: musa, Musa, mūsa, mūsā, muša, mušā, and mǖsá

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀫𑀼𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • मुसा (Devanagari script)
  • মুসা (Bengali script)
  • මුසා (Sinhalese script)
  • မုသာ or မုသႃ (Burmese script)
  • มุสา (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩩᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຸສາ (Lao script)
  • មុសា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄪𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मृषा (mṛṣā).

Adverb

musā

  1. lyingly
    • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:
      Musāvādā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
      I observe the precept of abstaining from speaking untruthfully.
  2. lie, falsehood
  3. falsely, wrongly

Derived terms

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “musā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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