musā

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

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

• musāvāda

References

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