māsācita 1.1 · māsācita 2.1
Māsācita [māsa 1 + ācita] filled by the (say 6 or more) month(s), i.e. heavy (alluding to the womb in advanced pregnancy), heaped full M I 332 (kucchi garu-garu viya māsācitaṃ maññe ti; Neumann M.S. "wie ein Sack voll Bohnen," thus taking m. = māsa 2 , and ācita as "heap" which however is not justified). This passage has given rise to a gloss at Vibh 386, where māsācitaṃ maññe was added to kāyo garuko akammañño, in meaning "heavy, languid." The other enumerations of the 8 kusīta-vatthūni (A IV 332; D III 255) do not give m. m. It may be that the resemblance between akammañño and maññe has played a part in reminding the commentator of this phrase. The fact that Buddhaghosa comments on this passage in the Vibh-a (p. 510) shows, that the reading of Vibh 386 is a very old one. Buddhaghosa takes māsa in the sense of māsa 2 and explains māsācita as "wet bean" (tintamāso), thus omitting explanation of ācita. The passage at Vibh-a 510 runs: "ettha pana māsācitaṃ nāma tintamāso, yathā tintamāso garuko hoti, evaṃ garuko ti adhippāyo."
(nt, nt, comp) heap of beans Construction: māsa + ācita
(adj, adj, comp) pregnant [lit.] accumulated over months Construction: māsa + ācita