Pali Proper Names — M

• Macala. A village in Magadha, residence of Magha. J.i.199; SA.i.267; DhA.i.265; SNA.ii.484.
• Macala-Vagga. The ninth chapter of the Catukka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya. A.ii.83 91.
• Macala-Vihāra.-A vihara in Mahāgama. Ras.ii.52
• Maccarī-Sutta
• Macchā
• Maccha-Jātaka (No. 34, 75, 216)
• Maccharattha. See Macchā.
• Maccharena Sutta. A woman who is faithless, shameless, stingy, and of weak wisdom, is destined to suffering. S.iv.24.
• Maccharikosiya
• Maccha-Sutta
• Macchatittha. The name of two villages and two monasteries of Ceylon. Cv.xlviii.24; Ep. Zey.i.216, 221, 227.
• Macchera Sutta.-See Maccharī Sutta ??.
• Macchikāsanda
• Macchikāsandika. An epithet of Cittagahapati, because he lived in Macchikāslānda. A.i.26; AA.i.209; ThagA.i.238.
• Macchuddāna-Jātaka (No. 288)
• Maccunābbhāhata Sutta.-A name in the Sutta Sangaha (No. 38) to the Abbhāhata Sutta
• Maccutthala. A locality in Rohana, where Vijayabāhu I. once set up a camp. Cv.Iviii.35.
• Machadāyaka-Thera
• Madagu. A tank in Ceylon, restored by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxix.37.
• Madda
• Maddā. The people of Madda.
• Maddakucchi
• Maddarūpī. Daughter of Okkāka and wife of Kanha, ancestor of Ambattha (D.i.96f). v.l. Khuddarūpi.
• Maddava
• Maddha. A locality in Ceylon, probably a vihāra, residence of Mahānāga Thera. J.vi.30.
• Maddī
• Maddipabba
• Mādhava. A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvii.77, 79.
• Madhitthala. A fortress in Rohana where Damilādhikārin defeated the rebels. Cv.lxxv.147.
• Madhubhandapūjā
• Madhudāyaka Thera
• Madhudīpanī. A tīkā on the Visuddhi-Magga. Sās.33.
• Madhukannava. A Kālinga prince, brother of Tilokasundarī queen of Vijayabāhu I. He came to Ceylon, and the king paid him great honour. Cv.lix.46.
• Madhukavanaganthi. A locality in Ceylon. Cv.lxx.325.
• Madhumamsadāyaka Thera
• Madhupādapatittha. A landing place, probably in the north of Ceylon. It was used as a stronghold by Māgha and Jayabāhu. Cv.lxxxiii.18.
• Madhupindika-Sutta
• Madhupindīka-Thera
• Madhupitthika.-A village near Mahāgangā in Pācīnapassa. In it was the Madhupitthiya-cetiya, once pillaged by Sirināga. Ras.ii.8
• Madhurā
• Madhuraddhamakkāra. A district in South India, the forces of which were among the allies of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvii.2.
• Mādhuraka. The classifying name for an inhabitant of Madhurā. E.g., Mil.331.
• Madhurakā. The people of Madhurā, mentioned in a list of tribes. Ap.i.359; also Mil.331.
• Madhurammānavīra. A fortress in South India subdued by Jagadvijaya. Cv.lxxvi.304.
• Madhurapācikā
• Madhurasasavāhinī. See Rasavāhinī.
• Madhura-Sutta
• Madhuratthavilāsinī
• Madhurindhara. King of Rādhavati. Anomadassī Buddha preached to him, and he and seven thousand of his followers became arahants. BuA.144.
• Madhusāratthadīpanī. A Commentary on the Abhidhammatīkā compiled by Ānanda of Hamsavatī. Sās.48.
• Madhutthala vihāra. A vihāra restored by Vijayabahu I. Cv.Ix.58; also Cv. Trs.i.220, n. 2.
• Madhuvāsettha. A brahmin of Sāketa, father of Mahānāga Thera (ThagA.i.442). It is probably he who is identified with the ape in the Bhisa Jātaka. J.iv.314.
• Magadha
• Māgadha. The name of a gotta. J.iii.339.
• Māgadhā. The people of Magadha.
• Magadhakhetta
• Māgandiya
• Māgandiyā
• Māgandiya Sutta
• Māgandiyapañhā. The name given to the questions asked of the Buddha by the brahmin Māgandiya. (S.iii.12). See Māgandiya Sutta (1).
• Maggadattika Thera. An arahant. He once saw Atthadassī Buddha wandering about and scattered flowers in his path. Twenty thousand kappas ago he was king five times under the name of Pupphachadaniya. Ap.i.189.
• Maggadāyaka Thera
• Maggakathā. The ninth division of the Mahāvagga of the Patisambhidāmagga.
• Magga-Samyutta. The forty fifth section of the Samyutta Nikāya. S.v.1 62.
• Maggasaññaka Thera
• Maggasira. The name of a month. DA.i.241.
• Magga-Sutta
• Magga-Vagga. The twentieth section of the Dhammapada.
• Maggena Sutta. The Noble Eightfold Path goes to the Uncompounded (asankhata). The Buddha has shown it to his disciples for their welfare. S.iv.361.
• Magha
• Māgha
• Maghādeva.  See Makhādeva.
• Māgha-Sutta. Records the conversation between Māgha (1) and the Buddha.
• Maghavā. See Magha.
• Maghavapupphiya Thera. An arahant. Ninety one kappas ago he saw the Buddha (? Vipassī) seated in meditation on the banks of the Nammudā, and honoured him by placing a maghava flower near him. Ap.i.240f.