musā
Pali
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Etymology
editInherited from Sanskrit मृषा (mṛṣā).
Adverb
editmusā
- 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.
- lie, falsehood
- falsely, wrongly
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editPali Text Society (1921–1925) “musā”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead